MATHEMATICS NEWS

1) Bees can do basic arithmetic

   Date : February 6, 2019
    Source : RMIT University
    Summary : Researchers set out to test whether bees could do math, building on a groundbreaking finding that bees understand the concept of zero. The new study shows bees can be taught to recognize colors as symbolic representations for addition and subtraction, and use this information to solve arithmetic problems. The revelation that even the miniature brain of a honeybee can grasp basic mathematical operations has implications for the future development of AI.

2) Variations in seafloor create freak ocean waves

   Date: February 1, 2019
    Source: Florida State University
    Summary: Researchers have found that abrupt variations in the seafloor can cause dangerous ocean waves known as rogue or freak waves -- waves so catastrophic that they were once thought to be the figments of seafarers' imaginations.

3) Mathematical model can improve our knowledge on cancer

  Date: January 15, 2019
   Source: Faculty of Science - University of Copenhagen
   Summary: Researchers have developed a new mathematical tool, which can improve our understanding of what happens when cells lose their polarity (direction) in diseases such as cancer. The result is advancing our understanding of how the fertilized egg cell develops into a complete organism. Biological shapes, like individual organs or an entire body, can be reproduced or maintained with great accuracy, just like in the embryonic development or during the adult stage.

 


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