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Tag: MATHEMATICS/STATISTICS
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,…
New perovskite fabrication method for solar cells paves way to large-scale production
Sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, top performance, long operating life
New statistical model predicts which cities could become ‘superspreaders’
Model efficiently combines connectivity between cities with cities’ varying suitability for spread
Understanding how electrons ‘dance’ in topological semimetals
UH physicist earns NSF CAREER Award to investigate materials’ fundamental aspects
Modelling speed-ups in nutrient-seeking bacteria
By considering how some bacteria will swim faster within higher nutrient concentrations, researchers have created a more accurate model of how these microbes search for nutrients
Hormone therapy shown to reduce effects of nocturia in postmenopausal women
New study suggests that various types of hormone therapy are effective in reducing the number of times during the night that postmenopausal women are woken up by the need to urinate
Patient wait times reduced thanks to new study by Dartmouth engineers
The first known study to explore optimal outpatient exam scheduling given the flexibility of inpatient exams has resulted in shorter wait times for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) patients at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Mass. A team of…
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
Virtual Film Festival Mathematics — Computer Science
Online film screenings
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.
Multiple factors synergistically drive socioeconomic disparities in flu burden
Computational modeling identifies areas where inequities are most severe and overlooked
Standard vital signs could help estimate people’s pain levels
Machine-learning models point to possibility of less-invasive and more precise pain treatment
Robots learn faster with quantum technology
Robots solving computer games, recognizing human voices, or helping in finding optimal medical treatments: those are only a few astonishing examples of what the field of artificial intelligence has produced in the past years. The ongoing race for better machines…
SUTD wins best paper at 35th AAAI conference on Artificial Intelligence 2021
The researchers have developed a novel connection which can help in the design of more efficient multi-agent AI systems.
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…
Research underway to better understand eye condition prevalent among Down syndrome adults
Adults with Down syndrome have a higher risk of developing the eye disease, which can result in loss of vision
SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (MS21)
Since 1994, every 2 to 4 years the SIAM Materials Activity Group organizes the SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science. This conference focuses on interdisciplinary approaches that bridge mathematical and computational methods to the science and engineering of…
A liquid crystal walks into an optical resonator: new Skoltech research helps model future optoelect
Researchers at Skoltech and their colleagues proposed a photonic device from two optical resonators with liquid crystals inside them to study optical properties of this system that can be useful for future generations of optoelectronic and spinoptronic devices. The paper…
Breaking the warp barrier for faster-than-light travel
Astrophysicist at Göttingen University discovers new theoretical hyper-fast soliton solutions
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…
Researchers modify air quality models to reflect polluted reality in Latin America
Computational models of air quality have long been used to shed light on pollution control efforts in the United States and Europe, but the tools have not found widespread adoption in Latin America. New work from North Carolina State University…
Second Edition of the Classic Handbook of Satisfiability just published
Amsterdam, March 8, 2021 – IOS Press is pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of the classic Handbook of Satisfiability . Originally published in 2009 and part of the Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications series, the…
Greater tobacco use linked to higher levels of inflammation in HIV-positive people
UMass Amherst study points to health benefits from reducing cigarette smoking
New quantum theory heats up thermodynamic research
Researchers have developed a new quantum version of a 150-year-old thermodynamical thought experiment that could pave the way for the development of quantum heat engines.
New quantum theory heats up thermodynamic research
Researchers have developed a new quantum version of a 150-year-old thermodynamical thought experiment that could pave the way for the development of quantum heat engines. Mathematicians from the University of Nottingham have applied new quantum theory to the Gibbs paradox…
Study reveals how egg cells get so big
Oocyte growth relies on physical phenomena that drive smaller cells to dump their contents into a larger cell
Virtual Film Festival Mathematics – Computer Science
The 8th Film Festival for Mathematics – Computer Science that was planned for November 2020 unfortunately had to be canceled. Since it is not currently possible to tell whether cinemas will open, we will be digitally screening a selection of…
Magnetic whirls in confined spaces
Mobility of skyrmions in geometric structures depends on their arrangement
A new strategy for pooling COVID-19 tests to detect outbreaks early
Novel protocol draws on mathematical models that account for false-negative test results
Animal aggression depends on rank within social hierarchies
Humans and animals alike constantly size up one another. In the workplace, a new employee quickly learns which coworkers are the most respected — and therefore hold more power. Big brothers boss around little brothers. In nature, a dominant male…
Ecology: Gene drives may help control invasive grey squirrel in the UK
Existing gene drive technologies could be combined to help control the invasive grey squirrel population in the UK with little risk to other populations, according to a modelling study published in Scientific Reports. Gene drives introduce genes into a population…
SUTD study uncovers how big droughts in the Greater Mekong trigger CO2 emission bursts
Deeper understanding of the climate-water-energy nexus will significantly contribute towards planning and managing transnational power grids.
University of Limerick, Ireland, research identifies secrets of Fantasy Premier League success
A new study by a team of researchers at UL has identified the underlying tactics used by the top-ranked competitors among the seven million players of Fantasy Premier League (FPL), the official – and world’s largest – fantasy football game.
Helping soft robots turn rigid on demand
New type of control system may broaden robots’ range of tasks and allow safer interactions with people
HL7 International and OHDSI announce collaboration
Health Level Seven International (HL7®) and the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) network announced a collaboration to address the sharing and tracking of data in the healthcare and research industries by creating a single common data model. The…
How math can help us understand the human body
Graph theory helps biologists study homeostasis, researchers say
How does plastic debris make its way into ocean garbage patches?
Model predicts probability of plastic debris being transported from one ocean surface region to another
GSA guides providers, older patients to vaccine consensus
In ” Vaccines for Older Adults: Overcoming the Challenges of Shared Clinical Decision Making ,” a new white paper from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) National Adult Vaccination Program, a team of experts outlines a set of recommendations to…
Covid-19: How to do lockdown? Russian scientists may have an answer
Researchers modified the existing SIR class pandemic prediction model.
Cosmetic and consumer product formulation design: Automation, AI and machine learning webinar
Due to the global pandemic we have re-scheduled the in person Advances in Cosmetic Formulation Design II Conference to Summer 2022. To keep the community up to date, this webinar will focus on an emerging area of high interest to…
When foams collapse (and when they don’t)
High-speed video microscopy reveals the complex mechanics of foam collapse
Army-funded researcher receives award for mathematical theory
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — A U.S. Army-funded researcher who developed a mathematical theory for complex systems such as networks, power grids and the human brain, received a prestigious scientific award. A new approach for solving dynamic problems will allow…
Exposure to diverse career paths can help fill labor market ‘skills gap’
Aptitude test can steer women, underrepresented groups toward high-demand STEM careers
Imaging space debris in high resolution
Litter is not only a problem on Earth. According to NASA , there are currently millions of pieces of space junk in the range of altitudes from 200 to 2,000 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, which is known as low…
Revive the map: 4D building reconstruction with machine learning
A research team from Skoltech and FBK (Italy) presented a methodology to derive 4D building models using historical maps and machine learning. The implemented method relies on the geometric, neighbourhood, and categorical attributes to predict building heights. The method is…
Research shows how single celled algae rotate as they swim towards the light
Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in the quest to understand how single-cell green algae are able to keep track of the light as they swim. A team of researchers from the University of Exeter’s flagship Living Systems Institute has…
Research addresses the complex problems of malaria
Everyone knows 2 + 2 = 4, but what about mosquitoes plus malaria? Lauren Childs, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Virginia Tech, says there’s an equation for that too. Childs recently co-authored a report with a team from Harvard…
Basic cell health systems wear down in Huntington’s disease, novel analysis shows
Using an innovative computational approach to analyze vast brain cell gene expression datasets, researchers at MIT and Sorbonne Université have found that Huntington’s disease may progress to advanced stages more because of a degradation of the cells’ health maintenance systems…