| NEWS |
| Ancient Komodo Dragon Has Space-age Skull |
| An international study has revealed how the Komodo dragon can be such an efficient killing machine despite having a wimpy bite and a featherweight skull. A member of the goanna family, with ancestors dating back more than 100 million years, the dragon (Varanus komodoensis) uses a combination of 60 razor-sharp serrated teeth, powerful neck muscles and what researchers are calling a "space-frame" skull to butcher prey with awesome efficiency ...continue |
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| Mapping the Math in Music |
| The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 2000 years ago, Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ratios. And the so-called musica universalis or "music of the spheres" emerged in the Middle Ages. Now, three music professors have devised a new way of analyzing and categorizing music that takes advantage of the deep, complex mathematics they see enmeshed in its very fabric ...continue |
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| Humanoid Robot Conducts Yo-Yo Ma |
| The ASIMO humanoid robot conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as it performed "Impossible Dream" to open a special concert performance with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. ...continue |
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| Gamer Could Earn Nobel Prize |
| Computer gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. Now, a new game called Foldit, is turning protein folding into a competitive sport. Introductory levels teach the rules, which are the same laws of physics by which protein strands curl and twist into 3-D shapes — key for biological mysteries ranging from Alzheimer's to vaccines ...continue |
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| Science as Art Competition |
| Occasionally, scientific images transcend their role as a medium for transmitting information and contain the aesthetic qualities that transform them into objects of beauty and art. A special feature of this year’s Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, the Science as Art competition featured entries from researchers around the world. This year’s winners can now be viewed ...continue |
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| Robocup Soccer Gives Glimpse of the Future |
| For a machine, a soccer match is a highly complex endeavor. Robots must be able to reliably recognize the ball, the sidelines and the goalposts in addition to distinguishing between their teammates and opponents ...continue |
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| ARTICLES |
| The Two-sided Triangle |
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
New National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis fosters interdisciplinary research
The latest step in scientific matchmaking has been taken by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to bring biologists and mathematicians together ...continue |
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| SYSTAT 12: Now More Stats and Graphs, Less Effort |
The number of new features is rather breathtaking
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
There may be more than a grain of truth to the marketing blurb I borrowed in the headline. The amount of work done in upgrading and simplifying menus, customization routines and tools is refreshing ...continue |
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| Investigating NIST’s Digital Library of Mathematical Functions |
What I first encountered was rather sobering, as it was soon apparent that I was in way over my head
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released five preview chapters of its online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF). ...continue |
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| The Magic of Genomics |
JMP Genomics 3.2 offers the statistical power of SAS with the simplicity of JMP
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
This is probably the most challenging review that I’ve done to date. It involves not only the complexity of genetics, but layers on the difficulty of mathematics and the frustrations of programming and algorithms ...continue |
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| Adventures with the Wolfram Demonstrations Project |
A highly informative and interesting site
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
If this column is vaguely reminiscent of my last column and seems a bit like shameless pandering to Wolfram Research, well...it is! ...continue |
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| Exploring MathWorld |
A nice beginning for the active mind to acquire grounding in many areas
John A. Wass, Ph.D.
My occasional rants usually involve my twin interests of genomics and the mathematical education of scientists. This month’s column is a natural extension of the latter ...continue |
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| PRODUCTS |
| PSI-Plot 8.8 |
| PSI-Plot 8.8 is a technical plotting and data processing package for Windows. Features include simplex and Powell methods for nonlinear fitting ...continue |
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| Insightful Clinical Graphics 1.1 |
| Insightful Clinical Graphics (iCG) 1.1 is software for defining, applying and repurposing statistical graphics across all functional areas in drug discovery, development and marketing ...continue |
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| Eye-Sys 2.0 |
| Eye-Sys 2.0 is a visualization application designed to provide versatility in control and development of all types of visualization systems ...continue |
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| COMSOL Multiphysics 3.5 |
| COMSOL Multiphysics 3.5 is an engineering and scientific software environment for modeling and simulating any physics-based system ...continue |
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| Maple 12 |
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Maple 12 is all-purpose mathematical software that provides fully integrated numerics and symbolics. Live math is expressed in its natural 2-D typeset notation, linked to graphics and animations ...continue |
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| AutoQuant X 2.1 |
| AutoQuant X 2.1 is image deconvolution and 3-D visualization software that offers support for Windows Vista Business and Ultimate operating systems in 32- and 64-bits ...continue |
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