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Neurotransmitter levels predict math ability
Glutamate and GABA in the brain have reverse relationships with math ability, which switch during development
Making freshman calculus add up for more students
$1.26 million enables inclusive curriculum and textbook project
NGA funds RIT researchers to explore the limits of spectral remote sensing imaging systems
Principal investigator Professor John Kerekes receives up to $1 million for fundamental research
Revealing the values in mathematics education through a variety of cultural lenses
Mathematics educators, mathematicians, teachers, and students come together to discuss the values that are espoused and developed through mathematics education today in different cultures
Training an AI eye on the moon
A Moon-scanning method that can automatically classify important lunar features from telescope images could significantly improve the efficiency of selecting sites for exploration. There is more than meets the eye to picking a landing or exploration site on the Moon.…
Danish student solves how the Universe is reflected near black holes
In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times. This phenomenon may enable us to see multiple versions of the same thing. While this has been known for decades,…
NIH funds research into new method to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence
Research consortium led by Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University
Direct flights save lives! New airline routes can increase kidney sharing by more than 7%
INFORMS Journal Management Science Study Key Takeaways: Lack of direct airline routes limit the flexibility of organ transplantation policies. A new airline route can increase the number of kidneys shared between different regions by more than 7% while also decreasing…
Bringing chemical production and manufacturing together
Development of a small, flexible and cost-effective acrylonitrile modular reactor could give carbon fiber producers better access to affordable feedstock
SMU professor awarded NSF grant for models to better aid evacuees after natural disasters
‘We can do better with a systems approach…instead of catching up after each hurricane’
Innovation massively expands view into workings of single cells
New method yields 10 times more data, reduces gene sequencing costs by one third
Danish invention to make computer servers worldwide more climate friendly
An elegant new algorithm developed by Danish researchers can significantly reduce the resource consumption of the world’s computer servers. Computer servers are as taxing on the climate as global air traffic combined, thereby making the green transition in IT an…
Predicting the evolution of a pandemic
The inclusion of biological uncertainty and the latest case data can significantly improve the prediction accuracy of standard epidemiological models of virus transmission, new research led by KAUST and the Kuwait College of Science and Technology (KCST) has shown. Modern…
Changing community networks impact disease spread
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the importance of understanding precisely how diseases spread throughout networks of transportation. However, rigorously determining the connection between disease risk and changing networks–which either humans or the environment may alter–is challenging due to the…
Do customer loyalty programs really help sellers make money?
New study finds that yes, they do, but not in the ways you may think
UEFA EURO forecast: France will be European Champion
On Friday, 11 June, Europe’s men’s football teams will start the European Championship a year later than planned. The favourite this time is France with a probability of winning of 14.8 per cent. This is what an international team of…
NIH supports mathematical optimization of tumor treatment
Research aims to reduce side effects of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer
Scientists overhear two atoms chatting
How materials behave depends on the interactions between countless atoms. You could see this as a giant group chat in which atoms are continuously exchanging quantum information. Researchers from Delft University of Technology in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University and…
The impact of real-time feedback in employee reviews
New research shows relationships, favoritism and gender all play a role
Research of microring lasers shows prospects of optical applications in electronics
A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation
Envisioning safer cities with AI
Researchers use crowdsourced data, neural networks, and supercomputers to simulate risks to cities and regions
Staying down on the farm
Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) use nonlinear dynamics to understand the origin of potentially dangerous self-excited oscillations during tractor operation, which may increase safety in industrial situations
Pepper the robot talks to itself to improve its interactions with people
Ever wondered why your virtual home assistant doesn’t understand your questions? Or why your navigation app took you on the side street instead of the highway? In a study published April 21st in the journal iScience , Italian researchers designed…
Particle physics: Will muons lead us towards a new physics?
Muons, particles akin to electrons, have kepts physicists’ heads spinning for more than a decade, because an experimental measurement of their magnetic properties (1) disagrees with theory. Could this be caused by unknown particles or forces? A new theoretical calculation…
US$1.28 trillion: The stark economic carnage of biological invasions threatening the world
A new analysis has revealed the stark US$1.28 trillion economic damage caused by the world’s invasive species
NYU Tandon announces 2021 S&K scholarship recipients
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – As part of its ongoing commitment to addressing the need for developing cybersecurity experts now nearing 3.5 million worldwide , the NYU Tandon School of Engineering has awarded the 2021 S&K Scholarships…
Unique AI method for generating proteins will speed up drug development
Artificial Intelligence is now capable of generating novel, functionally active proteins, thanks to recently published work by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. “What we are now able to demonstrate offers fantastic potential for a number of future applications,…
Skoltech scientists use machine learning to help doctors find veins for no-fuss blood draws
Researchers from Skoltech have developed an early prototype of a medical imaging system that uses neural networks to analyze near-infrared images of veins and project a venous pattern onto a patient’s body – this may make blood draws much easier…
Getting the inside track on street design
Pedestrian movements are tricky to track, but now the first large-scale statistical analysis of pedestrian flow using anonymous phone data collected in three European capital cities, London, Amsterdam and Stockholm, has been conducted by researchers from KAUST with Swedish colleagues…
NIST develops privacy-preserving ‘encounter metrics’ that could slow down future pandemics
When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call that an “encounter.” That’s the scientific term for it, too. As part of urgent efforts to fight COVID-19, a science is rapidly developing…
The imaginary part of quantum mechanics really exists!
For almost a century, physicists have been intrigued by the fundamental question: why are complex numbers so important in quantum mechanics, that is, numbers containing a component with the imaginary number i? Usually, it was assumed that they are only…
Tuning in the noise? New electromagnetic circuit simulator visualizes radiation phenomena
Researchers develop highly accurate numerical method for electromagnetic noise that considers both conduction phenomena within conductors and radiation phenomena outside conductors that form electric circuits
New research finds seating assignments on airplanes can reduce the spread of COVID-19
> CATONSVILLE, MD, March 24, 2021 – COVID-19 has been shown to spread on airplanes by infected passengers, so minimizing the risk of secondary infections aboard aircraft may save lives. New research in the INFORMS journal Service Science uses two…
International collaboration will use AI to enhance climate change projections
$10 million effort, backed by Schmidt Futures, to be led by NYU Courant researcher
A European monitoring and warning system on natural hazards for aviation
Volcanic eruptions, forest fires, electromagnetic radiation from the Sun or electrical storms, and sandstorms are among the phenomena that may pose a risk to air traffic safety and will be studied within the framework of this project. “Serious damage can…
Skoltech scientist bridges the gap between quantum simulators and quantum computers
A researcher from Skoltech has filled in the gaps connecting quantum simulators with more traditional quantum computers, discovering a new computationally universal model of quantum computation, the variational model. The paper was published as a Letter in the journal Physical…
Real “doodles of light” in real-time mark leap for holograms at home
Fast line-based algorithm turns hand-writing into holograms using standard CPUs
What is the probability of ships becoming beset in ice in Arctic waters?
Statisticians have calculated the probability of ships of different Polar Ship Categories becoming beset in ice along the Northern Sea Route. Their data will help assess the risks of maritime traffic in the Arctic. The results of the new study,…
RIT researchers helping to develop AI systems capable of playing ‘Starcraft II’
Imaging science Assistant Professor Christopher Kanan earns DARPA funding for new project
Second-wave COVID mortality dropped markedly in (most) wealthier zones
Mathematical analysis of Europe and US deaths shows change from first wave
Cutting-edge scale-out technology from Toshiba will take Fintech and Logistics to new level
Multi-chip architecture points way to continued increases in performance of Toshiba’s optimization computer; potential to create a game-changing shift in complex financial transactions and robotics
After cracking the “sum of cubes” puzzle for 42, researchers discover a new solution for 3
The 21-digit solution to the decades-old problem suggests many more solutions exist.
Tracking cosmic ghosts
Frontera supercomputer, a community resource for IceCube Neutrino Observatory research, enables the discovery of new high-energy particle
Danish computer scientist has developed a superb algorithm for findin
One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two points. A more complicated variant of the problem is when the route traverses a changing network–whether this be a road network or the internet. For…
UConn researcher finds ‘Goldilocks problem’ in child welfare decision-making
When something bad happens to a child, the public and policy response is swift and forceful. How could this have happened? What went wrong? What do we do to make sure it never happens again? When a family becomes erroneously…
Bridge built between Kähler-Einstein and Chen-Ning Yang’s Equations
Recently, Prof. CHEN Gao from Institute of Geometry and Physics of the University of Science and Technology of China has made breakthrough in the field of complex differential geometry. Using mathematical invention, he buildt a new bridge between the relativity…
Can the digital advertising market achieve privacy without regulation?
New research shows that the ad networks may have natural incentives to safeguard consumer privacy
Covid-19: How to do lockdown? Russian scientists may have an answer
Researchers modified the existing SIR class pandemic prediction model.
New research shows unpredictable work schedules impact restaurant revenue
Nearly a 5% drop in checks handled by servers asked to stay longer