Science and Enterprise

Tag: mathematics

  • Kansas Winds Could Help Avoid Widespread Power Outages

    A graduate student at Kansas State University in Manhattan is conducting research that shows how distributed energy sources like wind power can help reduce widespread power outages. Engineering doctoral student Sakshi Pahwa presented her findings earlier this year at the Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka, Kansas. The research looks into distributed energy sources as…

  • NIST Offers Updated Materials Stress-Simulation Software

    Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland have improved its software for materials engineers to calculate the impact of stress on the internal structure of materials. The Object-Oriented Finite (OOF) element analysis software is available as a free download that runs on Unix systems or derivatives, such as…

  • Computer Model Forecasts Stem Cell Longevity

    Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla, California have developed a mathematical model that computes the length of time a bone marrow graft made of stem cells will last. The study, led by Christa Muller-Sieburg, appears online this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (paid subscription required). When…

  • Neuroscience, Computational Physics Help Diagnose Autism

    A team led by a computational physicist and neuroscientist at Children’s Hospital Boston in Massachusetts have devised a technology that can lead to noninvasive tests for evaluating the risk of autism in infants. Their findings appear today in the journal BMC Medicine. The technology combines the standard electroencephalogram (EEG), which records electrical activity in the…

  • Math Techniques Developed to Aid HIV Drug Discovery

    Researchers at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland have developed mathematical methods for discovering new drugs for HIV and eventually for a range of diseases. Their results were published in a recent issue of Biophysical Journal. The new methods forecast the effectiveness of potential medicines by…

  • Engineers Develop Wireless Spectrum-Sensing Algorithms

    Researchers at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg have developed a set of mathematical rules to help build more reliable and efficient spectrum-sensing techniques needed to meet the expanding demand for wireless technologies. This first phase of a more than two-year study is funded by wireless technology developer InterDigital of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Spectrum-sensing technologies are…