What do protecting an airport from drones, strategically locating business facilities and playing the game Bloons Tower Defense have in common? They all involve finding the best location to achieve the greatest possible effect. ...
Mathematics
Oct 5, 2026
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In 1960, Science, one of the world's leading science journals, published an article with an unambiguous title: Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026. It predicted that on this future date—just over a month from today—the ...
Mathematics
Sep 30, 2026
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A research team at the University of Vienna, led by pharmaceutical chemist Johannes Kirchmair, has developed a statistical method to identify hidden anomalies in scientific datasets. The method can be applied automatically ...
Mathematics
Sep 29, 2026
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Selecting profitable investments from an increasingly large and constrained pool of assets could become more effective with a hybrid quantum-classical method, according to research in the International Journal of Information ...
Mathematics
Sep 24, 2026
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A shape can be considered complex because it has many sides. A complex melody may feature varied pitches and rhythms. Does the mind treat these as separate features, or can it recognize something common beneath their differences?
A team from SUNY Polytechnic Institute has designed a quantum rule-based simulator known as Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe. The simulator was originally designed to help students learn abstract concepts in quantum mechanics without ...
Mathematics
Sep 23, 2026
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A new decision-making tool developed by Queensland University of Technology researchers could help governments, businesses and organizations make more reliable decisions for such projects as major infrastructure and public ...
Mathematics
Sep 23, 2026
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For parents whose children have just entered kindergarten or first grade, new fall routines can bring excitement—and some anxiety.
Mathematics
Sep 22, 2026
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When is a billiard ball not a billiard ball? When mathematicians get involved and view a popular game as a model computer.
How much can we really trust a measurement? And how much data do researchers need to collect to draw reliable conclusions? Mohammad Reza Seydi at Umeå University has developed and tested new statistical methods to provide ...
Mathematics
Sep 22, 2026
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