News tagged with mathematical principles

Revealed: The fish that nearly sank Isaac Newton

A 300-year-old drawing of a flying fish that nearly scuttled Isaac Newton's world-changing opus on modern physics will be showcased in the Royal Society's online picture library, launched Thursday.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Untangling Facebook, decoding Congress: New mathematical method may help tame big data

(PhysOrg.com) -- Networks permeate modern life, from Facebook to political allegiances. Now University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mathematicians and colleagues have developed a new technique for examining ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying the patterns that emerge in natural and social phenomena is a popular area of research, although usually individual phenomena are studied separately from each other. In a recent study, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 18 feature

Using magic to learn about maths

(PhysOrg.com) -- An academic from Queen Mary, University of London has launched a series of videos featuring magic tricks that are conjured from a mathematical perspective.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3




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Quantum computers will be able to simulate particle collisions (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Quantum computers are still years away, but a trio of theorists has already figured out at least one talent they may have. According to the theorists, including one from the National Institute of Standards and ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 10 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Advances in mathematical description of motion

Complex mathematical investigation of problems relevant to classical and quantum mechanics by EU-funded researchers has led to insight regarding instabilities of dynamic systems. This is important for descriptions ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It's in the genes: Research pinpoints how plants know when to flower

Scientists believe they've pinpointed the last crucial piece of the 80-year-old puzzle of how plants "know" when to flower.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Is a classical electrodynamics law incompatible with special relativity?

(Phys.org) -- The laws of classical electromagnetism that were developed in the 19th century are the same laws that scientists use today. They include Maxwell’s four equations along with the Lorentz la ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 45 | with audio podcast feature

Forensics ferret out fire beetle secret

Black fire beetles of the genus Melanophila possess unusual infrared sensors. Researchers from the University of Bonn and from the Forschungszentrum Julich have concluded that the beetles' sensors might even ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Physicist uses art to make physics more accessible

Based on research she conducted for her doctoral dissertation several years ago, Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and a research associate in UC Santa Barbara's physics ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In future, phones can identify the Troubadour on the tree top

In spring, the sound of birds serenading fills the air. The Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics is developing a system that can recognize a bird species based on a song segment. The system can be ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum computer leap

(Phys.org) -- The main technical difficulty in building a quantum computer could soon be the thing that makes it possible to build one, according to new research from The Australian National University.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

A cell's first steps: Building a model to explain how cells grow

A collaboration between Lehigh University physicists and University of Miami biologists addresses an important fundamental question in basic cell biology: How do living cells figure out when and where to grow?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research could mean faster computers and better mobile phones

Graphene and carbon nanotubes could improve the electronics used in computers and mobile phones, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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