Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and cars more energy efficient.
By reworking a theory first proposed by physicists in the 1920s, the researchers discovered a new way to predict important characteristics of a new material before it's been created. The new formula allows computers to model the properties of a material up to 100,000 times faster than previously possible and vastly expands the range of properties scientists can study.
Read more: Scientists Find an Equation for Materials Innovation
UCLA scientists work with L.A. police to identify and analyze crime 'hotspots'
Data-mining technology is an increasingly popular way to search for patterns, correlations and trends within crime statistics, genomics data and other enormous amounts of information, and now UT Dallas researchers have created a repository of tools intended to further boost this young field.
by Peter Dizikes
A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The results of the study, which has just been published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society, offer possible solutions for the future underground line 2 in Seville.
New software is under development that doctors hope will help them identify brain tumours in children that will grow aggressively.