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    Category: Math

    The metric system is growing. Here’s what you need to know

    Meet the metric system’s newest prefixes: ronna-, quetta-, ronto- and quecto-. Adopted November 18 at the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles,…

    10/12/2022

    Huijia Lin proved that a master tool of cryptography is possible

    A long-sought “holy grail” in cryptography is poised to change the way we protect sensitive information. Today’s standard encryption schemes take an all-or-nothing approach. Once…

    Zeelamo 16/11/2022

    Quantum physics requires imaginary numbers to explain reality

    Imaginary numbers might seem like unicorns and goblins — interesting but irrelevant to reality.  But for describing matter at its roots, imaginary numbers turn out…

    Zeelamo 15/12/2021

    Researchers have unlocked the secret to pearls’ incredible symmetry

    For centuries, researchers have puzzled over how oysters grow stunningly symmetrical, perfectly round pearls around irregularly shaped grains of sand or bits of debris. Now…

    Zeelamo 17/11/2021

    How one physicist is unraveling the mathematics of knitting

    Physicist Elisabetta Matsumoto is an avid knitter and has been since taking up the hobby as a child. During graduate school at the University of…

    Zeelamo 01/10/2021

    Readers have questions about Parkinson’s disease, moth wings and more

    Gut connection Abnormal proteins tied to Parkinson’s disease may form in the gut before traveling through the body’s nervous system to the brain, Laura Beil…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    The kilogram just got a revamp. A unit of time might be next

    The new kilogram has finally arrived. Updates to scientists’ system of measurement went into force May 20, redefining the kilogram and several other units in…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    A mathematician traces his journey from poverty to prominence

    The Shape of a LifeShing-Tung Yau and Steve NadisYale Univ., $28 One of the first remarkable things that mathematician Shing-Tung Yau reveals in his memoir,…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    Mathematicians may have found the fastest way to multiply huge numbers

    Multiplying 2 x 2 is easy. But multiplying two numbers with more than a billion digits each — that takes some serious computation. The multiplication…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    Photons reveal a weird effect called the quantum pigeonhole paradox

    Quantum pigeons don’t like to share. In keeping with a mathematical concept known as the pigeonhole principle, roosting pigeons have to cram together if there…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    Mathematicians report possible progress on proving the Riemann hypothesis

    Researchers have made what might be new headway toward a proof of the Riemann hypothesis, one of the most impenetrable problems in mathematics. The hypothesis,…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    A new book shows how not to fall for dubious statistics

    The Art of Statistics David SpiegelhalterBasic Books, $32 There are, as the saying goes, three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics. David Spiegelhalter…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    How Julia Robinson helped define the limits of mathematical knowledge

    Every December 8 for years, Julia Robinson blew out the candles on her birthday cake and made the same wish: that someday she would know…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    Why Rembrandt and da Vinci may have painted themselves with skewed eyes

    A strongly dominant eye, not an eye disorder, may explain why Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt van Rijn painted themselves with misaligned eyes. Previous research…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    NASA icon Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101

    An inspirational “Hidden Figure” and a key player in sending the first humans to the moon, mathematician Katherine Johnson died February 24 at the age…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    How a quantum technique highlights math’s mysterious link to physics

    It has long been a mystery why pure math can reveal so much about the nature of the physical world. Antimatter was discovered in Paul…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    A quantum strategy could verify the solutions to unsolvable problems — in theory

    Computer scientists’ daydreams have revealed the power of quantum mechanics. Imagine meeting omniscient beings who claim to have the solution to a complex problem that…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    Color-changing fibers help reveal mysteries of how knots work

    Deciding whether a knot is fit to be tied just got a bit more scientific. Some knots are stronger than others, but scientists have struggled…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    To cook a perfect steak, use math

    Hala Nelson and her colleagues wanted to cook the perfect steak. So they decided to use math. The researchers created a mathematical simulation of a…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    The U.S. has resisted the metric system for more than 50 years

    Ten years to metric, Science News, April 4, 1970 –  Australia is taking its first brisk steps toward conversion to a fully metric system of…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    How large a gathering is too large during the coronavirus pandemic?

    A question has perplexed public officials trying to curb the COVID-19 pandemic: How large of a group of people is too large? As the spread…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    Calculating a dog’s age in human years is harder than you think

    To estimate your dog’s age in human years, multiply the dog’s age by seven, right? Wrong. A more accurate conversion isn’t so easy to do…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    A documentary and a Bollywood film highlight two disparate paths in mathematics

    There’s no one way to be a mathematical genius. Shakuntala Devi had little formal education. Maryam Mirzakhani attended graduate school at Harvard University. Two films…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    How next-gen computer generated maps detect partisan gerrymandering

    In October 2019, a state court determined that North Carolina’s congressional districts had been severely gerrymandered and struck down the state’s map. The court’s ruling…

    Zeelamo 22/07/2021
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