Calculations/Problem-Solving

Mathematical framework can simplify the process of selection and placement In the 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash, the recovered black box from the aftermath hinted that a failed pressure sensor may have caused the ill-fated aircraft to nose…

Path to higher thermal insulation of the plasma / Reduction of plasma turbulenceCredit: Video: IPP, A. Banon Navarro For the fusion researchers at IPP, who want to develop a power plant based on the model of the sun, the turbulence…

Modelling allocation of resources in prevention and control of obstetric fistula in Ugandan women It is better to invest in measures that make it easier for women to visit a doctor during pregnancy than measures to repair birth injuries.…

Credit: Care Mentor AI As part of the anti-COVID-19 program of the Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE), Care Mentor AI data scientists used Skoltech's Zhores supercomputer to enhance…

Getting accurate, timely information on COVID-19 cases is one of the major challenges facing policymakers as they make decisions about public health and the economy. Researchers at North Carolina State University are embarking on a…

Credit: University of Warwick Many complex systems have underlying networks: they have nodes which represent units of the system and their edges indicate connections between the units. In some contexts, the connections are…

UC Riverside-led study found self-interacting dark matter theory explains why two galaxies have less dark matter than othersCredit: Samantha Tieu RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A new theory about the nature of dark matter helps explain why a…

Syracuse, N.Y. - A recent study by sport analytics professors shows the Adjusted Plus-Minus (APM) statistic used to evaluate the performance of NBA players is sometimes misleading because it does not accurately account for the quality of…

Rock-melting forces occurring much deeper in the Earth than previously understood appear to drive tremors along a notorious segment of California's San Andreas Fault, according to new USC research that helps explain how quakes happen.…

ERC Starting Grants for Professor Dr Martina Hofmanová and Dr Toni GoßmannCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University /S. Jonek The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded ERC Starting Grants to two researchers from Bielefeld…

Chaos paper by RIT Assistant Professor Nishant Malik applies method to Indus Valley CivilizationCredit: RIT A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the…

Stanford scientists track tiny atmospheric ripples using data from internet-beaming balloons Giant balloons launched into the stratosphere to beam internet service to Earth have helped scientists measure tiny ripples in our upper…

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a suite of algorithms to improve the performance of cyber-physical systems - from autonomous vehicles to smart power grids - by balancing each component's need for data with…

This Letter by Dr. Mohamed Farouk Allam is published in The Open Public Health Journal, Volume 13, 2020Credit: Dr. Mohamed Farouk Allam, Bentham Open The spread of Covid-19 pandemic has been unprecedented considering the speed and…

Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications An international team of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has upgraded a key computer code for calculating forces…

With the grant, researchers aim to raise STEM enrollmentCredit: ITsCRITiCAL University of Colorado Denver associate professor Heather Johnson, PhD, received a $1,599,774 grant from the National Science Foundation last week. Johnson is…

Traverse separation with a diverse online scientific program Over twenty laureates from mathematics and computer science will contribute to the program through various fashions: lectures, panel discussions, office hours or interviews.…

Scientists at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna are the first to offer an explanation for the linear growth of coronavirus infection curves.Credit: CSH Vienna With the first COVID-19 epidemic peak behind them, many countries…

Credit: S. Zohreh Homayounfar Integrating first-of-its-kind washable hydrogel electrodes with a pulse sensor, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed smart eyewear to track eye movement and cardiac data for…

For nearly 50 years, a statistical omission tantamount to data falsification sat undiscovered in a critical study at the heart of regulating one of the most controversial and widely used pesticides in America. Chlorpyrifos, an…