Mathematicians and engineers from MIT have used color-changing fibers to help develop a mathematical model that can predict the stability of a knot. By combining the theoretical with the empirical, ...

Medicine makers need to get better at math. Improved mathematical modeling would accelerate the move toward automated processes, cut production times, and reduce costs. Researchers Francesco Destro, ...

If your cookies flop even when you follow the recipe exactly, you’re not imagining things. Researchers at the University of ...

In the early 2000s, scientists observed lightning discharge producing X-rays comprising high energy photons—the same type used for medical imaging. Researchers could recreate this phenomenon in the ...

It’s hard for a neurosurgeon to navigate a brain. A key challenge is gooeyness. The brain is immersed in cerebrospinal fluid; when a surgeon opens the skull, pressure is released, and parts of the ...

The cover art for the roadmap – "Two Beasts" by artist Ben Day Todd – was chosen as an apt metaphor for the beautiful, strange and evolving relationship between mathematics and cancer. (Courtesy: Ben ...

Madhav Gadgil made transformative contributions to ecological science in India by systematically integrating mathematics into ...

A Rochester Institute of Technology scientist helped develop a new mathematical model that could aid doctors and patients assessing different approaches for treating metastatic cancer. Assistant ...

Reproducible scientific results are not always true and true scientific results are not always reproducible, according to a mathematical model. Reproducible scientific results are not always true and ...

Scientists are using a mathematical model to better understand the immune response to vaccines. When it comes to the design of a novel vaccine against viral infection, vaccine developers have to make ...