Tension between awareness and fatigue shapes Covid-19 spread
Credit: Georgia Tech In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, two human factors are battling it out: awareness of the ...
Tag: Mathematics/Statistics
SPIE Press publishes Joe Goodman’s Fourier Transforms Using Mathematica®
The latest book from Fourier optics expert Goodman describes the properties of Fourier transforms and presents their modern applications utilizing ...
‘Big data’ enables first census of desert shrub
Credit: Michael Young The creosote is the king of the desert. This scraggly shrub dominates the landscape of the American ...
The ever-elusive riddle: What’s the best way to cut Christmas cookies?
Credit: Mikkel Abrahamsen At some point in life, most people have stood over a rolled-out slab of cookie dough and ...
No strings attached: maximizing wireless charging efficiency with multiple transmitters
New control strategy dynamically changes transmitter currents for optimal wireless charging in moving devices, such as robots and electric carsCredit: ...
3D protein modeling suggests why COVID-19 infects some animals, but not others
New insights into protein structures could help inform drug development and predict future outbreaksCredit: Rodrigues et al. 2020 (CC-BY 2.0) ...
Personalizing recovery from ‘lost’ limbs
University of Missouri researcher awarded $1.5 million grant from Department of Defense to gather real-life data on limb function.Credit: University ...
Computer-aided creativity in robot design
MIT researchers' new system optimizes the shape of robots for traversing various terrain types.Credit: Courtesy of the researchers So, you ...
AAAS announces leading scientists elected as 2020 fellows (contd.)
Credit: Courtesy of AAAS For Part 1 of this announcement, click here. SECTION ON GENERAL INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ...
Study: Countering hate on social media
Credit: Garland et al, EMNLP 2020 The rise of online hate speech is a disturbing, growing trend in countries around ...
New test reveals AI still lacks common sense
Despite advances in natural language processing, AI still doesn't have the common sense to understand human language, finds a new ...
Mattress flammability standard is a lifesaver, NIST report finds
Credit: NIST/B. Hayes No matter how soft and cozy, beds that have gone up in flames are a source of ...
Driver behavior influences traffic patterns as much as roadway design, study reports
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Urban planners may soon have a new way to measure traffic congestion. By ...
Time to rethink predicting pandemic infection rates?
Forecasting cannot foresee COVID-19 infection rates peaking or plateauing.Credit: Joseph Lee McCauley WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 -- During the first ...
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