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Using math model, NJIT professor names MVP and Cy Young award contenders

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, is now applying his methods to ascertain the players most deserving of major league ...





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Big prize for 'small science' physicist

Big prize for 'small science' physicist

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

CSIRO scientist, Dr Amanda Barnard, has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 2009 Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics.


Women researchers less likely to receive major career funding grants, U-M study shows

Women researchers less likely to receive major career funding grants, study shows

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Women were less likely than men to receive major funding for scientific research, according to a study from the University of Michigan Health System. The study also found that only a quarter of all researchers, ...


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Why immune cells count in early pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Adelaide researcher has been named the 2009 Young Investigator Award winner for shedding new light on why some women are infertile, and why some pregnancies end in miscarriage.


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

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 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. ...


Glasgow's joking computer

Glasgow's joking computer

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland is exhibiting a computer that makes up jokes using its database of simple language rules and a large vocabulary.


Mathematics prize goes to University of Chicago's Hannah Alpert

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Association for Women in Mathematics has named Hannah Alpert, a third-year mathematics major at the University of Chicago, a co-winner of the 2010 Alice T. Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics ...


Graduate Student Wins Top Award for Particle Physics Dissertation

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created Mar 20, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Maria Florencia Canelli, a recent doctoral student at the University of Rochester, won the American Physical Society's 2005 Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics.


Ability to process information as a baby continues into adulthood

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Infants who excel at processing new information at 6- and 12-months-old, typically excel in intelligence and academic achievements as young adults in their 20's, according to a study directed by Case Western Reserve University ...


Software may speed journey from catwalk to consumer

Software may speed journey from catwalk to consumer

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest fashions could find their way from catwalk to consumers faster in the future, thanks to the work of a student at The University of Manchester.


Do cigarettes help smokers cope with stress?

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created Jul 25, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Many smokers excuse their habit by claiming that smoking relieves their feelings of stress. In fact, the stress they feel may just be one of the short-term symptoms of withdrawal, if they haven't smoked for a while.



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