Forecasting elections with a model of infectious diseases
Credit: Figure courtesy of Alexandria Volkening, Daniel F. Linder, Mason A. Porter, and Grzegorz A. Rempala. Forecasting elections is a ...
Tag: Mathematics/Statistics
Random effects key to containing epidemics
The inherent randomness of contacts between infected and healthy individuals enhances the benefit of dividing a population into smaller communities ...
Photovoltaics industry can help meet Paris agreement targets
Model predicts efficiency of solar photovoltaic cells, costs to manufacture them during a transition to 100% renewable energy within the ...
Duke-NUS study uncovers why bats excel as viral reservoirs without getting sick
Credit: Zhu Feng, Duke-NUS Medical School SINGAPORE, 27 October 2020 - Bats act as reservoirs of numerous zoonotic viruses, including ...
How to figure out what you don’t know
Credit: Mikhail Genkin/Engel lab Increasingly, biologists are turning to computational modeling to make sense of complex systems. In neuroscience, researchers ...
New lead screening method zooms in on highest-risk areas in Georgia
The method could be applied to any area in the United StatesScreening index scores for low-level lead exposure in Georgia. ...
Estimating risk of airborne COVID-19 with mask usage, social distancing
The Contagion Airborne Transmission inequality model illustrates correlation between physical distancing and protection, the efficacy of face masks and the ...
Word graph analysis confirms that dream report structure varies according to sleep stage
Study by Brazilian and South African researchers is the first to prove, using a graph analysis tool, that REM dream ...
Novel method for measuring spatial dependencies turns less data into more data
NYU Tandon researcher devises a mathematical system for identifying influences between geographic phenomena that makes small data sets as effective ...
Interactions within larger social groups can cause tipping points in contagion flow
The distribution of group interactions in a social network affects the critical point at which explosive jumps in opinion, popularity, ...
‘Multi-omics’ adds new cell to immune family tree
Credit: WEHI, Australia WEHI researchers have used powerful 'single cell multi-omics' technologies to discover a previously unknown ancestor of T ...
Assessing state of the art in AI for brain disease treatment
A review of artificial intelligence for understanding brain disease reveals the most advanced algorithms available to cliniciansCredit: Image courtesy Alice ...
Bringing a power tool from math into quantum computing
Scientists design a novel quantum circuit that calculates the fast Fourier transform, an indispensable tool in all fields of engineeringCredit: ...
RUDN University mathematician refined the model of predator-prey relations in the wild
Credit: RUDN University The traditional mathematical model of predator-prey relations in the wild does not take into account indirect nonlocal ...
TetGen 1.6 Release: new version of the successful mesh generator
Credit: Weierstrass Institute (WIAS) Electromagnetic fields in magnetic resonance imaging, groundwater flows, charge carriers in semiconductors and numerous further spatially ...
Study describes COVID-19 transmission pattern
Model developed by Brazilian researchers predicts spatial and temporal evolution of epidemic diseases and can help plan more effective social ...
RUDN University scientist suggested a simple model of dense plasma spectral properties
Credit: RUDN University A scientist from RUDN University suggested a new physical model to describe the optical properties of dense ...
Joel L. Lebowitz honored with 2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Mathematical physicist honored "for seminal contributions to nonequilibrium and equilibrium statistical mechanics"Credit: Lebowitz WASHINGTON, October 7, 2020 -- The American ...
UC Davis School of Medicine and UTHealth get nearly $54 million for dementia research
The grant is largest ever to UC Davis School of Medicine from the NIHCredit: Copyright UC Regents A team of ...
New climate model helps researchers better predict water needs
Credit: Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering New research from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering combines climate and land use projections ...
