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NJIT prof sees 70 percent chance for Yanks to win the 2009 World Series

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Oct 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Yankees and Phillies winning the World Series. ...

Heads or tails? It all depends on some key variables

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Oct 20, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (17) | 8

Everyone knows the flip of a coin is a 50-50 proposition. Only it's not. You can beat the odds. So says a three-person team of Stanford and UC-Santa Cruz researchers. They produced a provocative study that turns conventional ...

Professor calculates a cooler planet

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Oct 20, 2009 | 3.1 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some people fight global warming by driving fuel-efficient cars. Others weatherproof their houses or plant trees. Princeton's René Carmona does math. As the United States and other countries around ...

New model suggests how the brain might stay in balance

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Sep 24, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (8) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have theorized for decades about how neural networks might be able to accomplish the incredibly complex calculations the human brain performs all the time. But simply stabilizing ...

A trillion triangles: New computer methods reveal secrets of ancient math problem

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Sep 22, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (20) | 1

Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. The advance was made possible by a clever technique for ...

Math used as a tool to heal toughest of wounds

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Sep 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists expect a new mathematical model of chronic wound healing could replace intuition with clear guidance on how to test treatment strategies in tackling a major public-health problem.

New breakthrough in bubble research

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Sep 02, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 0

A researcher from the University of Bath has found a new approach to an old geometric problem of modelling the most efficient way of packing shapes to form a foam.

Winning While Losing: New Strategy Solves 'Two-Envelope' Paradox

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Aug 18, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (34) | 42

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Australia have taken a step toward resolving a seemingly simple yet unsolved paradox known as the "two-envelope" problem. They’ve worked out a new strategy that can enable ...

Mathematicians set world record in packing puzzle

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Aug 12, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (15) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding the best way to pack the greatest quantity of a specifically shaped object into a confined space may sound simple, yet it consistently has led to deep mathematical concepts and practical ...

NYU physicists make room for oddballs

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Aug 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Here's a question. How many gumballs of different sizes can fit in one of those containers at the mall so as to reward a well-spent quarter? It's hard to believe that most people never consider ...

Algebra adds value to mathematical biology education

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Jul 30, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1

As mathematics continues to become an increasingly important component in undergraduate biology programs, a more comprehensive understanding of the use of algebraic models is needed by the next generation of biologists to ...

Fuel cells, energy conversion and mathematics

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Jul 24, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0

Concerns about dwindling fossil fuel resources, current levels of petroleum consumption, and growing pressure to shift to more sustainable energy sources are among the many factors prompting the transition from our current ...

Technology on way to forecasting humanity's needs

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Jul 23, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 6

Much as meteorologists predict the path and intensity of hurricanes, Indiana University's Alessandro Vespignani believes we will one day predict with unprecedented foresight, specificity and scale such things as the economic ...

No crystal ball necessary: New tool IDs predictable economic variables

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Jul 21, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 4

You don't need a crystal ball to tell you what is going to happen next in the economy. You need a statistical model. A new method from North Carolina State University can help researchers determine which economic variables ...

Mathematics taking guesswork out of plastic surgery tissue transfer

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Jul 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Plastic surgeons are turning to mathematics to take the guesswork out of efforts to ensure that live tissue segments that are selected to restore damaged body parts will have enough blood and oxygen to survive the surgical ...

Fighting the swine flu pandemic with mathematics

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Jul 08, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

As swine flu spreads across America, good data can make all the difference in controlling it.

Mathematical Model Predicts Factors Driving Tumor Invasion

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Jul 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Tumors are complex collections of cells whose behavior has proven difficult to understand, let alone predict. As a result, oncologists are often surprised by how a particular patient responds to a given course of therapy.

Researcher Discovers Method to Fully Process Encrypted Data Without Knowing its Content

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Jun 25, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (17) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- An IBM Researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago. The breakthrough, called "privacy homomorphism," ...