Researchers at New York University have devised a mathematical approach to predict the structures of crystals — a critical step in developing many medicines and electronic devices — in a matter of hours using only a laptop, a process that…
Category: 7. Maths
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Mathematical modelling leads to a better understanding of prostate cancer
Researchers at the University of Cologne develop three-dimensional mathematical model of prostate cancer. The model depicts various processes, including tumour growth, genetic evolution and tumour cell competition. It may also be applicable to…
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Storm in a laser beam: Physicists create ‘light hurricanes’ that could transport huge amounts of data
Much of modern life depends on the coding of information onto means of delivering it. A common method is to encode data in laser light and send it through optic cables. The increasing demand for more information capacity demands that we…
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Robot that watched surgery videos performs with skill of human doctor, researchers report
A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors.
The successful use of imitation learning to train surgical robots eliminates the need to…
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Robot learns how to clean a washbasin
Robots are supposed to do boring or unpleasant jobs for us. However, tedious tasks such as cleaning the bathroom are challenging to automate. How is it possible to calculate the movement of a robot arm so that it can reach every part of a…
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Revealing causal links in complex systems
Getting to the heart of causality is central to understanding the world around us. What causes one variable — be it a biological species, a voting region, a company stock, or a local climate — to shift from one state to another can inform how…
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2024 Math Prize for Girls at MIT sees six-way tie | MIT News
After 274 young women spent two-and-a-half hours working through 20 advanced math problems for the 16th annual Advantage Testing Foundation/Jane Street Math Prize for Girls (MP4G) contest held Oct. 4-6 at MIT, a six-way…
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Researchers aim to get leg up on bone repair with 3D-printed femur
University of Texas at Dallas mechanical engineers have designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors.
The engineers, who worked in collaboration with UT…
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Teens who made history with Pythagoras’ theorem discovery publish their first academic paper with new proofs
In 2022, U.S. high school students Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson astonished teachers when they discovered a new way to prove Pythagoras’ theorem using trigonometry after entering a competition at their local high school. As a result, both…
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Two teenagers have once again proved an ancient math rule
Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Now, they’re unveiling 10 more.
For over 2,000 years, such proofs were considered impossible….
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