News tagged with math formulas

Teenager reportedly finds solution to 350 year old math and physics problem

(Phys.org) -- In Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica published in 1687, the man many consider the most brilliant mathematician of all time used a mathematical formula to describe the path taken by an obj ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 52 | with audio podcast weblog

Canadian researchers devise method to directly measure the quantum wavefunction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physics researchers working at the National Research Council in Canada have succeeded in developing a way to directly measure the wavefunction of a photon. The technique, as described in their ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

The true language of love? It's math, says Berkeley professor

Beauty and truth aren't the first things that come to mind, for most people, when they think about math. Berkeley math professor Edward Frenkel is trying to change that.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 14

Traffic jams follow explosive pattern, says researcher (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture this next time you're stuck in traffic: Thousands of wildebeests loping across the Serengeti Plain when suddenly a few spooked animals turn the orderly migration into a sea of locked ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2