Hyderabad children sang, danced and solved Maths sums simultaneously in a Unique Concentration Test

Hyderabad: Imagine walking into an examination hall and hearing loud music instead of pin-drop silence. Yes, it was a noisy ...

Solution to Feynman’s reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to “silly sprinklers”

Researchers at New York University’s Courant Institute conducted a series of experiments with different silly sprinkler ...
United States ArmyOpinion

The Army Failed Its Math Test, So Let’s Fix It!

The Crisis at the Motor Pool In November 2011, I was a chief warrant officer 3 and took over as the battalion maintenance ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Mathematicians use children’s ‘silly sprinklers’ to solve decades-old physics mystery

A team of mathematicians from New York University and the Colorado School of Mines ...
Harvard Business Review

Taming Complexity

Make sure the benefits of any addition to an organization’s systems outweigh its costs. by Martin Reeves, Simon Levin, Thomas Fink and Ania Levina In business, complexity gets bad press. That’s not ...
eLife

DNA tensiometer reveals catch-bond detachment kinetics of kinesin-1, -2, and -3

The authors use convincing methodology to investigate the detachment and reattachment kinetics of kinesin-1, 2 and 3 motors against loads oriented parallel to the microtubule. The conclusions drawn ...