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Wall Street rocket scientists crash to Earth

There's a reason Wall Street resembles a rocket experiment gone wrong: rocket scientists helped make it happen.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 12




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Online tool can detect patterns in US election news coverage

The US presidential election dominates the global media every four years, with news articles, which are carefully analysed by commentators and campaign strategists, playing a major role in shaping voter opinion. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Game on: Sports Analytics Conference produces a growing avalanche of quantitative research

Imagine if your hobby became your profession — or, indeed, if it started a whole new profession.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ancient artifacts yield their secrets under neutron imaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, neutron images in 3 dimensions have been taken of rare archaeological artifacts here at ORNL. Bronze and brass artifacts excavated at the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

It's not the time spent in school, it's how it's used

In the past decade or more, the national debate about effective learning has centered on teacher quality. Now the discussion is turning to a second major resource in education: Time.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

NY MoMath museum aims to add to math appreciation

(AP) -- Mathematics. It's a subject that can elicit groans and exclamations of "boring." But Glen Whitney, a former hedge-fund quantitative analyst, is betting he can change that with a formula that looks ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Economists round out tech giants' workforces

In addition to software engineers, computer scientists and web designers, Silicon Valley giants ranging from Yahoo to Google to eBay are scrambling to hire economists, a little-known and increasingly valuable weapon as these ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel hikes dividend again despite tech worries (Update)

(AP) -- Intel Corp. is confident enough in the stability of its moneymaking skills to raise its dividend by 15 percent, even as Wall Street braces for a bumpy ride for the technology industry.

Technology / Business

created Nov 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Is team science productive? Study measures the collaborative nature of translational medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a cue from the world of business-performance experts and baseball talent scouts, Penn Medicine translational medicine researchers are among the first to find a way to measure the productivity ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More is less: Complex computer models can involve thousands of variables

(PhysOrg.com) -- The architect Mies van der Rohe is famous for promoting the slogan "less is more." But if Venkat Chandrasekaran, a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scripps Oceanography dispatches rapid response exploration of Chile earthquake site

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will explore the earthquake rupture site of the Feb. 27 massive 8.8-magnitude Chilean earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes in recorded ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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