The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves

The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...
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Could a Nearly Fifty-Year-Old Math Problem—Solved by a Bowdoin Professor—Have Protected the Louvre’s Jewels?

In 1978 Steve Fisk, a mathematics professor at Bowdoin College in Maine, US, came up with a proof—considered one of the most ...

Paradox of rotating turbulence finally tamed with 'hurricane-in-a-lab'

From stirring milk in your coffee to fearsome typhoon gales, rotating turbulent flows are everywhere. Yet, these spinning currents are as scientifically complex as they are banal. Describing, modeling ...

Single organic molecule triggers Kondo effect in molecular-scale 'Kondo box'

A research group led by Prof. Li Xiangyang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

Their Love Story Came With Clues — and One Obvious Answer

Lynn He and Zachary Hobesh met 12 years ago at a trivia night in Los Angeles that was organized by an alumni group for their ...