The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Forward-looking: Swedish scientists are pushing regenerative medicine closer to a breakthrough that could one day allow doctors to rebuild living skin, complete with blood vessels. Building on years ...

Artificial upwelling is a form of geoengineering that aims to use pipes and pumps to channel cool, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the surface. In doing so, it could fertilize surface ...

1 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, China. 2 Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific/Engineering Computing, Chinese Academy of ...

Abstract: This paper presents Big-M method and Dual Simplex method for optimum time coordination of over current relays in a distribution network. These methods are used to find the optimized values ...

ABSTRACT: This paper is devoted to numerically solving the Burgers’ equation in unbounded region, which describes the nonlinear wave propagation and diffusion effect. How to numerically and ...

Significant advancements in understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of tumor progression have been made, yet challenges remain. Traditional imaging techniques like MRI, CT, and mammography ...

Estimating the location of contact is a primary function of artificial tactile sensing apparatuses that perceive the environment through touch. Existing contact localization methods use flat geometry ...