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Dolphins May Be Math Geniuses
Dolphins may use complex nonlinear mathematics when hunting, according to a new study that suggests these brainy marine mammals...
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Scientists Are Scared of Math Too
It’s not just artistic types that find math a turn-off and try to avoid having to deal with it...
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Physics Community Afire With Rumors of Higgs Boson Discovery
One of the biggest debuts in the science world could happen in a matter of weeks: The Higgs boson...
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Potential Cracks in the Standard Model of Particle Physics
Recently analyzed data from the BaBar experiment may suggest possible flaws in the Standard Model of particle physics, the...
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Mathematical Model Predicts Box Office From Social Media Activity
Japanese scientists have devised a mathematical formula that can predict the box office performance of a movie based on...
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Physicists Discover Mechanisms of Wrinkle and Crumple Formation
Smooth wrinkles and sharply crumpled regions are familiar motifs in biological and synthetic sheets, such as plant leaves and...
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Quantum Mechanical Properties of Light Flout Classical Physics
With simple arguments, researchers show that nature is complicated! Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have made a simple...
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Exotic Particle More Mundane Than Thought
Sometimes, finding nothing is just as good as finding something. Physicists have made the most sensitive measurements yet in...
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Cosmic Calculations: Astrophysicists Explore Where Stars Are Born
A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the journal Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately...
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How Quantum Physicists Amplify Randomness
Once again quantum physics gives us philosophical implications: physicists showed how a small amount of randomness can be amplified...