Study deepens understanding of cell migration, important for potential medica...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

A new study integrated mathematical modeling with advanced imaging to discover that the physical shape of the fruit fly egg chamber, combined with chemical signals, significantly influences how cells move. Cell migration is critical in wound healing, immune responses, and cancer metastasis, so th... .. read more..

In nature's math, freedoms are fundamental
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Scientists have developed a unified theory for mathematical parameters known as gauge freedoms. Their new formulas will allow researchers to interpret research results much faster and with greater confidence. The development could prove fundamental for future efforts in agriculture, drug discover... .. read more..

A faster, more reliable method for simulating the plasmas used to make comput...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Researchers developed a faster, more stable way to simulate the swirling electric fields inside industrial plasmas -- the kind used to make microchips and coat materials. The improved method could lead to better tools for chip manufacturing and fusion research. .. read more..

AI is good at weather forecasting. Can it predict freak weather events?
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Scientists found that neural networks cannot yet forecast 'gray swan' weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen -- like 200-year floods or massive hurricanes. .. read more..

Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing new number seq...
Thursday, May 1, 2025

A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve. .. read more..

How math helps to protect crops from invasive disease
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

New research demonstrates how mathematical modeling can predict outbreaks of toxic fungi in Texas corn crops -- offering a potential lifeline to farmers facing billions in harvest losses. .. read more..

New method improves survival analysis power in clinical and epidemiological s...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Innovative statistical method helps determine ideal threshold times in restricted mean survival time analyses. .. read more..

Using ChatGPT, students might pass a course, but with a cost
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

With the assumption that students are going to use artificial intelligence and large language models such as ChatGPT to do their homework, researchers set out to learn how well the free version of ChatGPT would compare with human students in a semester-long undergraduate control systems course. .. read more..

Study shows addressing working memory can help students with math difficulty ...
Monday, April 21, 2025

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, assess its role in word-problem solving and if interventions could boost it and thereby improve thei... .. read more..

Modeling method provides smarter way to predict customer demand
Monday, April 14, 2025

Researchers have developed a new forecasting model that helps companies more accurately estimate how many customers are interested in a product -- even when key data is missing. The study introduces a mathematical modeling method that enables businesses to estimate customer interest beyond just c... .. read more..

Multi-resistance in bacteria predicted by AI model
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant. The new study shows that antibiotic resistance is more easily transmitted between genetically similar bacteria and mainly occurs in wastewater treatment plants and inside the human ... .. read more..

A simple way to boost math progress
Monday, March 24, 2025

Scientists investigated whether email interventions informed by behavioral science could help teachers help students learn math. .. read more..

Mathematicians uncover the logic behind how people walk in crowds
Monday, March 24, 2025

Mathematicians studied the flow of human crowds and developed a way to predict when pedestrian paths will transition from orderly to entangled. Their findings may help inform the design of public spaces that promote safe and efficient thoroughfares. .. read more..

AI-based math: Individualized support for schoolchildren
Monday, March 10, 2025

Researchers have developed an AI-based learning system that recognizes strengths and weaknesses in mathematics by tracking eye movements with a webcam to generate problem-solving hints. This enables teachers to provide significantly more children with individualized support. .. read more..

Scientists develop open-source software for modeling soft materials
Thursday, March 6, 2025

A team of researchers created Morpho, an open-source programmable environment that enables researchers and engineers to conduct shape optimization and design for soft materials. Applications can be for anything from artificial hearts to robot materials that mimic flesh and soft tissue. .. read more..

Student refines 100-year-old math problem, expanding wind energy possibilities
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

An engineering student refined a century-old math problem into a simpler, more elegant form, making it easier to use and explore. Divya Tyagi's work expands research in aerodynamics, unlocking new possibilities in wind turbine design that Hermann Glauert, a British aerodynamicist and the original... .. read more..

Simulating scientists: New tool for AI-powered scientific discovery
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Researchers have developed a generative AI tool that mimics scientists to support and speed up the process of scientific discoveries. .. read more..

What can theoretical physics teach us about knitting?
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Physicists bring unprecedented levels of predictability to the ancient practice of knitting by developing a mathematical model that could be used to create a new class of lightweight, ultra-strong materials. .. read more..

Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a gener...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Researchers find large language models process diverse types of data, like different languages, audio inputs, images, etc., similarly to how humans reason about complex problems. Like humans, LLMs integrate data inputs across modalities in a central hub that processes data in an input-type-agnost... .. read more..

The molecular Einstein: One molecule, endless patterns
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Is it possible to tile a surface with a single shape in such a way that the pattern never repeats itself? In 2022, a mathematical solution to this 'Einstein problem' was discovered for the first time. Researchers have now also found a chemical solution: a molecule that arranges itself into comple... .. read more..

School bans alone not enough to tackle negative impacts of phone and social m...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Students attending schools that ban the use of phones throughout the school day aren't necessarily experiencing better mental health and wellbeing, as the first worldwide study of its kind has found that just banning smartphones is not enough to tackle their negative impacts. .. read more..

Study in India shows kids use different math skills at work vs. school
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

A study by economists shows a wide gap between the kinds of math problems kids who work in retail markets do well and the kinds of problems kids in school do well. .. read more..

Materials can 'remember' a sequence of events in an unexpected way
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once crumpled piece of paper. Now, a team of physicists has uncovered how, under specific conditions, some materials seemingly violate underlying mathematics to store memories about t... .. read more..

Even quantum physics obeys the law of entropy
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

The universe is getting more disordered, entropy is growing -- this is the second law of thermodynamics. But according to quantum theory, entropy should actually stay the same. Scientists took a closer look and resolved this apparent contradiction. .. read more..

Synchronization in neural nets: Mathematical insight into neuron readout driv...
Thursday, January 16, 2025

Researchers applied the mathematical theory of synchronization to clarify how recurrent neural networks (RNNs) generate predictions, revealing a certain map, based on the generalized synchronization, that yields correct target values. They showed that conventional reservoir computing (RC), a type... .. read more..

Pioneering mathematical model could help protect privacy and ensure safer use...
Thursday, January 9, 2025

AI tools are increasingly being used to track and monitor us both online and in-person, yet their effectiveness comes with big risks. Computer scientists have developed a new mathematical model which could help people better understand the risks posed by AI and assist regulators in protecting peo... .. read more..

How do directional connections shape complex dynamics in neuronal networks?
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

In order to uncover the relationship between structure and function, researchers used microfluidic devices to study neuronal networks. .. read more..

How does a hula hoop master gravity? Mathematicians prove that shape matters
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: 'What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?' and 'Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?' A team of mathematicians explored and answered these questions with findings that also point to new... .. read more..

Physicists 'bootstrap' validity of string theory
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

String theory remains elusive as a 'provable' phenomenon. But a team of physicists has now taken a significant step forward in validating string theory by using an innovative mathematical method that points to its 'inevitability.' .. read more..

String figures shed light on cultural connections and the roots of mathematic...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

New research suggests that the making of string figures, a globally documented practice, may point to shared cultural heritage stretching back millennia. The research offers a new way to investigate the evolution and distribution of cultural phenomena using mathematical methods. .. read more..

Physics and emote design: Quantifying clarity in digital images
Monday, December 16, 2024

When analyzing artworks, understanding the visual clarity of compositions is crucial. Inspired by digital artists, researchers have created a metric to quantify clarity in digital images. As a result, scientists can accurately capture changes in structure during artistic processes and physical tr... .. read more..

Leap in modelling human impact on climate may lead to early warning of climat...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Mathematicians have applied statistical mechanics to climate change detection and attribution for first time. They have shown how to separate the 'signal' of human-made climate change from the 'noise' of natural climate fluctuations. This allows for a dramatic improvement in the ability to detect... .. read more..

New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers
Monday, December 9, 2024

Modeling how cars deform in a crash, how spacecraft responds to extreme environments, or how bridges resist stress could be made thousands of times faster thanks to new artificial intelligence that enables personal computers to solve massive math problems that generally require supercomputers. .. read more..

How neighborhood enhances cooperation
Friday, December 6, 2024

Helping out your neighbor or minding your own business? A challenging choice with different benefits for each decision. Game theory provides guidance in making such choices -- from a theoretical perspective. Novel findings reveal new network structures that enhance cooperation throughout a system... .. read more..

X-ray vision: Seeing through the mystery of an X-ray emissions mechanism
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Since the 1960s, scientists who study X-rays, lightning and similar phenomena have observed something curious: In lab experiments replicating these occurrences, electrons accelerated between two electrodes can be of a higher energy than the voltage applied. According to researchers, this defies a... .. read more..

A new way to create realistic 3D shapes using generative AI
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

An AI method enables the generation of sharp, high-quality 3D shapes that are closer to the quality of the best 2D image models. Previous approaches typically generated blurry or cartoonish 3D shapes. .. read more..

Study in neurosurgery patients reveals numerical concepts are processed deep ...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

New research reveals the unique human ability to conceptualize numbers may be rooted deep within the brain. .. read more..

New theory reveals the shape of a single photon
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

A new theory, that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single photon. .. read more..

'Walk this Way': How ants create trails to multiple food sources
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Researchers have discovered that in a foraging ant's search for food, it will leave pheromone trails connecting its colony to multiple food sources when they're available, successfully creating the first model that explains the phenomenon of trail formation to multiple food sources. .. read more..

Scientists use math to predict crystal structure in hours instead of months
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Researchers have devised a mathematical approach to predict the structures of crystals -- a critical step in developing many medicines and electronic devices -- in a matter of hours using only a laptop, a process that previously took a supercomputer weeks or months. .. read more..

Mathematical modelling leads to a better understanding of prostate cancer
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Researchers have developed a three-dimensional mathematical model of prostate cancer. The model depicts various processes, including tumour growth, genetic evolution and tumour cell competition. .. read more..

Robot that watched surgery videos performs with skill of human doctor, resear...
Monday, November 11, 2024

A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors, say researchers. .. read more..

Teens who made history with Pythagoras' theorem discovery publish their first...
Monday, October 28, 2024

In their peer-reviewed work, Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson present five new ways of proving Pythagoras' Theorem via trigonometry. They also detail a new method for finding proofs that yield at least five more. .. read more..

In double breakthrough, mathematician solves two long-standing problems
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

A professor who has devoted his career to resolving the mysteries of higher mathematics has solved two separate, fundamental problems that have perplexed mathematicians for decades. .. read more..

Higher-order interactions can remodel the landscape of complex systems
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Scientists report on how higher-order interactions can reshape a system at large -- even global -- scales. .. read more..

Language agents help large language models 'think' better and cheaper
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Researchers have devised an agent to help large language models 'think.' .. read more..

Recent study reveals reduced maths performance of adults with Dyspraxia
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Dyspraxia, also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), can have a bigger impact on adult mathematical performance than previously thought, according to new research. .. read more..

Unveiling the math behind your calendar
Friday, September 13, 2024

In a world where organizing a simple meeting can feel like herding cats, new research reveals just how challenging finding a suitable meeting time becomes as the number of participants grows. The study dives into the mathematical complexities of this common task, offering new insights into why sc... .. read more..

Big algebras: A dictionary of abstract math
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Several fields of mathematics have developed in total isolation, using their own 'undecipherable' coded languages. Mathematicians now present 'big algebras,' a two-way mathematical 'dictionary' between symmetry, algebra, and geometry, that could strengthen the connection between the distant world... .. read more..

Mathematical proof: Five satellites needed for precise navigation
Saturday, September 7, 2024

What is the shortest route to the next stop or the agreed meeting point? Global positioning systems (GPS) have become a routine part of everyday life for most people. Until now, however, the minimum number of GPS satellites needed to determine the exact position of a mobile phone or other navigat... .. read more..