PHYSICS & MATH

Mathematician Discovers Largest Known Prime Number With 22 Million Digits

PHYSICS & MATH 01.21.2016 06:50 AM

Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has just discovered the largest prime number known yet. It is longer than the previously recorded prime number by up to 5 million digits.

New Largest Prime Number Discovered

01.20.2016 07:43 AM

Dr. Curtis Cooper discovered the newest and largest prime number yet. This broke Dr. Cooper's previous record set in 2013.

Mod Allows BASIC To Run In Minecraft

01.18.2016 04:34 AM

Modder Sethbling created a mod that allows a BASIC interpreter to run and work in Minecraft. Minecraft, one of the bestselling video games of all time, has mods that lets players use computer programs like a Word processor and even run a computer inside the video game.

How To Slice A Pizza Using Math

01.14.2016 06:34 AM

Pizzas are usually cut into triangles or small squares and sometimes considered as a reward for a long, tiring day. However, mathematicians from UK see it more as a pie equation that needs a solution, thus ditching the conventional slicing technique and introducing a whole new way to cut it into pieces.

Research: Animal Stripes Are All Mathematical

12.29.2015 02:27 AM

Harvard researchers made a mathematical model on how animals develop their stripes in certain patterns.

Research Team Figuring Out How Brains Handle Huge Amounts Of Data

12.29.2015 02:24 AM

Georgia Tech researchers came up with a mathematical algorithm that may be the key in understanding how the brain works.

Japanese Mathematician Claims To Solve Problem By Introducing New Branch Of Mathematics

12.24.2015 02:13 AM

Shinichi Mochizuki's ABC Conjecture proved to be impenetrable because of new terminology and introduction of a new branch of mathematics.

Plesiosaurs Swam Like Penguins

12.20.2015 21:14 PM

Simulation resulted on a swimming movement of Plesiosaurs as penguin-like. The plesiosaurs has something in common with the penguins. Both creatures share the same mechanical movements when it comes to swimming.

Former Baseball Player Supports SpaceX Founder In Making Mars Habitable

12.15.2015 21:04 PM

Ex-MVP baseball star Jose Canseco took to Twitter to express his opinion and directly states that he supports Elon Musk on his ideas on making Mars a habitable planet next to Earth, comparing Musk's and his "great minds."

Predicting Tumor Growth Through Math

12.14.2015 04:18 AM

Recently, mathematicians from Duke University suggest that correct mathematical calculations of the actual tumor growth might help healthcare practitioners deal with the deadly disease.

Mathematical Formula Explains Why Ice Is Slippery

12.10.2015 21:23 PM

A new mathematical model for the frictional shear stress of ice explains why ice is slippery. It is still a scientific mystery why ice, with it being a solid material, is slippery.

Odd Space Weather Leads To Electrical 'Bermuda Triangle'

08.21.2015 01:13 AM

According to new research, the equatorial electrojet about 60 miles above the surface of the Earth could be disturbing electrical grids near the equator when it amps up.

The Place With The Weakest Magnetic Field On Earth

08.17.2015 00:45 AM

Experiements in the chamber with the weakest magnetic field on Earth could answer fundamental questions for theoretical physics science.

Selling His Most Prized Possession-The Nobel Prize

05.30.2015 15:54 PM

Retired experimental physicist Leon Lederman is now 92 years old and facing serious health problems and memory loss. So he took to an online auction and sold his 1988 Nobel prize for his co-discovery of subatomic particle called the muon neutrino to cover his costs. The price of Nobel fame online? $765,002.

Transmitting Information At The Speed Of Light, Almost

05.19.2015 13:55 PM

University of Utah engineers have taken a big step toward computing at the speed of light. Their research will help create the next generation of computers and mobile devices-devices that will be capable of speeds millions of times faster than machines are now.