Calculations/Problem-Solving

Researchers calculated previously unexplored effects in atomsCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with colleagues from…

INFORMS Journal Marketing Science New Study Key Takeaways: The shutdown of 'Google News' in Spain decreased the number of daily visits to Spanish news outlets between 8 and 14 percent. The shutdown decreased online advertising…

Results by Dartmouth and MIT published in Transportation ScienceCredit: Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth HANOVER, N.H. - January 17, 2020 - Researchers from Dartmouth and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have…

Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University is to host a conference in honour of the 70th birthday of Distinguished Professor Peter Diggle. He was awarded the Guy medal in Silver by the Royal Statistical Society in 1997 before…

CATONSVILLE, MD, January 14, 2020 - How long has it been since you logged onto a Web site and you were prompted to decide whether to opt out of "cookies" that the site told you will enhance your online experience? Minutes? Hours?…

In 1906, Francis Galton was at a country fair where attendees had the opportunity to guess the weight of a dead ox. Galton took the guesses of 787 fair-goers and found that the average guess was only one pound off of the correct weight --…

INFORMS Journal Information Systems Research New Study Key Takeaways: Online restaurant reviews in addition to periodic health inspections is key to continuous good hygiene at restaurants. Roughly 30% of all restaurants in New York…

Newest version of database sets new standards for reproducible research, providing a reliable approach to the quantitative study of linguisticsCredit: S. J. Greenhill Every language has cases in which two or more concepts are expressed by…

Interconnected stellar nurseries form the largest gaseous structure ever observed in the Milky Way galaxyCredit: Alyssa Goodman / Harvard University Astronomers at Harvard University have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped gaseous…

10% increase in bike-availability levels increases ridership by 12% INFORMS Journal Management Science New Study Key Takeaways: Nearly 80% of bike-share usage comes from areas within 1,000 feet of the stations. A 10% increase in bike…