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The first goal is the deepest: Can mathematics predict the match outcome?

Jack Brimberg and Bill Hurley of The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, point out that sports commentators will often argue the importance of scoring the first goal and often suggest that a team improves ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1




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Study finds southern Indian Ocean humpbacks singing different tunes

A recently published study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and others reveals that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, unusual since humpbacks in the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The faster-than-fast Fourier transform

The Fourier transform is one of the most fundamental concepts in the information sciences. It’s a method for representing an irregular signal — such as the voltage fluctuations in the wire that conne ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (29) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Scientists predict an out-of-this-world kind of ice

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists are boldly going where no water molecule has gone before -- that is, when it comes to pressures found nowhere on Earth.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover a Saturn-like ring system eclipsing a sun-like star

A team of astrophysicists from the University of Rochester and Europe has discovered a ring system in the constellation Centaurus that invites comparisons to Saturn.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Fermi telescope explores new energy extremes

(PhysOrg.com) -- After more than three years in space, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is extending its view of the high-energy sky into a largely unexplored electromagnetic range. Today, the Fermi ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protecting confidential data with math

Statistical databases (SDBs) are collections of data that are used to gather and analyze information from a variety of sources. The data may be derived from sales transactions, customer files, voter registrations, medical ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Liquid Robotics launches quartet on epic swim across Pacific

(PhysOrg.com) -- Four self propelling robots, called Wave Gliders,from the company Liquid Robotics were launched last week from San Francisco for a 33,000 nautical mile journey. The robots took off from the St. Francis Yacht ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 weblog

Apple has solar designs, wins patents

(PhysOrg.com) -- Apple recently won patents with the US Patent and Trademark office. These patents focus on ideas for using solar technology for laptops, smartphones and tablets. One such patent involves using ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Psychologists chase down sleep demons

What do Moby Dick, the Salem witch trials and alien abductions all have in common? They all circle back to sleep paralysis.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Nursing home hospitalizations often driven by payer status

The decision by nursing homes whether or not to treat an ill resident on-site or send them to a hospital are often linked to that person's insurance status. A new study out this month shows that on average individuals enrolled ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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