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The shape-shifting technological solution by Johns Hopkins researchers could be a game-changer for engineering designs Modeling how cars deform in a crash, how spacecraft respond to extreme environme

Pupils in years 5 and 9 in England have maintained or improved scores in maths and science compared to pre-pandemic results, report UCL researchers who analysed findings in the latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

New framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials. Acoustic metamaterials - architected materials that have tailored geometries designed to control the propagation of acoustic or elastic waves through a medium - have been studied extensively through computational and theoretical methods.

The coloured Cube has been around for 50 years. Its inventor, Erno Rubik, celebrated his 80th birthday this year.

Research Fellow Alexander V. Gheorghiu (UCL Computer Science) describes in The Conversation a new method of logic developed by philosophers, mathematicians and computer scientists that has implications for how AI operates.

But it isn't the biggest and mathematicians' search for perfection will continue Euclid proved there are an infinite number of primes millennia ago.

Can learning to count with your fingers early on help you solve maths problem' Can the static noise in your brain predict how good you are at maths' Can we use a novel portable tool to measure brainw

A team of astrophysicists, led by our Institute for Computational Cosmology, have developed a new model that could estimate how likely it is for intelligent life to emerge in our Universe and beyond.

It's not a bad thing if you pick a toasted bagel for breakfast, while your partner chooses eggs. In fact, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo, that difference could help you lose some weight.

Dr. Roberto Hernández Palomares grew up in a working-class family in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, where a career in mathematics often felt like an impossible dream.

A Mathlib developer at ISTA: Graduate student Martin Dvorák's 'side-project' Mathematics is an umbrella term uniting diverse disciplines with different conventions.

On 1 October, the TU Ilmenau is launching a junior research group that will be researching computationally efficient algorithms that are not installed as software on a conventional computer, as was previously the case, but are implemented as physical hardware.

Researchers from Bonn and Tübingen clarify the neuronal basis of the mathematical concept of "zero" Despite its importance for mathematics, the neuronal basis of the number zero in the human brain was previously unknown. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the University of Tübingen have now discovered that individual nerve cells in the medial temporal lobe recognize zero as a numerical value and not as a separate category "nothing".

Developing large-scale neural network models that mimic the brain's activity is a major goal in the field of computational neuroscience. Existing models that accurately reproduce aspects of brain activity are notoriously complex, and fine-tuning model parameters often requires significant time, intuition and expertise.

On Sept. OpenAI announced a new ChatGPT model that the company says is substantially better at math and science than previous versions, which struggled with reasoning.

Prestigious mathematics organization's satellite campus will offer research, study, collaboration opportunities Mathematicians like to put their heads together to solve tricky problems.

A new algorithm solves complicated partial differential equations by breaking them down into simpler problems, potentially guiding computer graphics and geometry processing.' Computer graphics and geometry processing research provide the tools needed to simulate physical phenomena like fire and flames, aiding the creation of visual effects in video games and movies as well as the fabrication of complex geometric shapes using tools like 3D printing.

Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography. The most recent email you sent was likely encrypted using a tried-and-true method that relies on the idea that even the fastest computer would be unable to efficiently break a gigantic number into factors.

Neural networks are easily disrupted by adversarial attacks. Scientists at the University of Würzburg and the Technical University of Munich are now developing new methods to make these systems more robust.

More efficient than other approaches, the "Thermometer" technique could help someone know when they should trust a large language model. People use large language models for a huge array of tasks, from translating an article to identifying financial fraud. However, despite the incredible capabilities and versatility of these models, they sometimes generate inaccurate responses.

Dr Simon Singh, science writer and Imperial College London alumnus, returned to give a lecture to open an international atomic physics conference.

During the hot summer of 2020, confined to his Pasadena home during the COVID-19 pandemic, National Medal of Science -winning applied physicist Amnon Yariv took frequent and long showers to cool off.

The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded 174 promising researchers from the full breadth of science, sixteen of whom are from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC, with a Veni funding. This will allow the laureates to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years.

Schoolchildren have taken on a Bletchley Park-inspired escape room as part of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activity day at Cardiff University.

Rasmus Kyng has written the near-perfect algorithm. It computes the maximum transport flow at minimum cost for any kind of network - be it rail, road or electricity - at a speed that is, mathematically speaking, impossible to beat.

PISA study The creative thinking ability of 15-year-olds in Germany corresponds to the OECD average.

New Johns Hopkins model predicts how much time proposed rail line could save commuters The proposed Red Line transit project could shorten people's commutes and significantly improve job access within the city, according to a new simulation created by Johns Hopkins University data scientists.

Sjors Heefer explored unique solutions to an extension of general relativity as part of his cum laude PhD research.

New Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) in Medicine / CRC in Mathematics extended The University of Münster is delighted at approvals given for two large-scale projects.

For the first time, scientists will explore the causes of the breed's signature patterning, with implications for our understanding of all developing mammals.

Report published today includes recommendations designed to establish robust processes for diagnostic tests Recommendations designed to reframe the evaluation of in vitro diagnostic tests have been published today by the Royal Statistical Society in its Series A journal.

Johns Hopkins engineers studying ship collision risk for major U.S. bridges Preliminary results expected this summer on an urgent assessment of the country's bridges Believing chances a

When the senior isn't using mathematical and computational methods to boost driverless vehicles and fairer voting, she performs with MIT's many dance groups to keep her on track.