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Shedding light on complex mathematical group theories

EU researchers contributed important knowledge to the field of modular representation theory in the ...
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Mathematicians can conjure matter waves inside an invisible hat

This graphic shows a matter wave hitting a Schrodinger’s hat. The wave inside the container is ...
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Freezing liquids helps to predict the properties of prime numbers

The same freezing which is responsible for transforming liquids into glasses can help to predict som ...
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Healing with math

Professor Graeme Pettet is using mathematical equations to better understand how to heal wounds and ...
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Yes, there’s a numeracy crisis – so what’s the solution?

There’s been plenty of commentary recently on the “numeracy crisis” threatening the economies of man ...
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Contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals

This is a simulation of a network of people playing Prisoner’s Dilemma. Red are cooperators; b ...
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Leading education publisher uses SpaceMath@NASA to help students master mathematics

This is a sample from a Spacemath@NASA problem. This diagram shows disks representing the planets di ...
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The mathematics of jury size: Statistical model shows several interesting ...

Could different jury sizes improve the quality of justice? The answers are not clear, but mathematic ...
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On the hunt for mathematical beauty

Alexei Borodin For anyone who has ever taken a commercial flight, it’s an all-too-familiar scene: Hu ...
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Mathematical methods help predict movement of oil and ash following ...

When oil started gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in late April 2010, friends asked George Haller whe ...
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Making sports statistics more scientific

Whether it is the sprinter who finished first or the team that scored more points, it’s usuall ...
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Flight of the bumblebee decoded by mathematicians

© Dr Tom Ings Bumblebees use complex flying patterns to avoid predators according to new research fr ...
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Researchers create first large-scale model of human mobility that incorporates ...

For more than half a century, many social scientists and urban geographers interested in modeling th ...
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Hot And Bothered: The Uncertain Mathematics Of Global Warming

Uncertainty exists – but that’s no excuse for a lack of action. These are painful times for those ho ...
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Hot and bothered: the uncertain mathematics of global warming

These are painful times for those hoping to see an international consensus and substantive action on ...
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Applying math to design new materials and processes for drug ...

Richard Braatz. Photo: Dominick Reuter Trial-and-error experimentation underlies many biomedical inn ...
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