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Scientists harness logic of 'Sudoku' math puzzle to vastly enhance genome-sequencing capability

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

A math-based game that has taken the world by storm with its ability to delight and puzzle may now be poised to revolutionize the fast-changing world of genome sequencing and the field of medical genetics, suggests a new ...





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Physically fit kids do better in school

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study in the Journal of School Health found that physically fit kids scored better on standardized math and English tests than their less fit peers.


Statistical road safety: 18th century math, 21st century road safety

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

What possible connection could there be between an eighteenth century British Presbyterian minister and preventing road traffic accidents in Hartford, Connecticut. Everything, according to a report in the International Jo ...


Results show math, science aren't out of reach

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The conflicting data coming out about schools can make your head swirl. Too few kids ready for college. Too few students mastering their subjects. Too many teens trailing their global peers in math and science.


It pays to compare: Comparison helps children grasp math concepts

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Comparing different ways of solving math problems is a great way to help middle schoolers learn new math concepts, researchers from Vanderbilt and Harvard universities have found.


Cooperative learning methods top list of effective approaches for secondary mathematics

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's ...


Women opt out of math/science careers because of family demands

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers -- not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want flexibility to raise children or prefer less math-intensive fields of science, reports ...


Middle-school math classes are key to closing racial academic achievement gap

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More challenging middle-school math classes and increased access to advanced courses in predominantly black urban high schools may be the key to closing the racial academic achievement gap, according to a University of Illinois ...


Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the Internet and online social networks (OSNs) news and gossip now spread literally like wildfire -- uncontrollably and seemingly without any order. But according to one Ryerson ...


Math goes viral: Researchers make math and science real for high-school students

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently.


Physicists see the cosmos in a coffee cup

Physicists see the cosmos in a coffee cup

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee with ...



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