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Real-world networks
Many real-world phenomena and parts of the infrastructure of our society can be phrased in terms of networks. An electricity network for example describes how electricity can flow.
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Metallic Statistics: How modern blacksmiths use mathematics to produce new materials••
April 9 2021, by Martina VittoriettiSteel industries work with universities trying to understand how microstructure features influence the properties of metals.Read article - Article
From the ateliers of great masters to the labs of the Rijksmuseum••
October 11 2020, by Yuliia OrlovaAs watching actual paint dry is not the most exciting activity for a scientist, we took the safest and the fastest method: computer modeling of chemical processes happening in paint. The method does not damage any paintings, and good models can predict years of paint drying in an hour or two.Read article - Article
Synchronization in the body-clock••
July 10 2020, by Frank den Hollander and Janusz MeylahnThe body-clock, which is a cluster of neurons in the brain, has the same structure in all mammals, which is remarkable. It consists of two groups: two-communities of neurons that are strongly linked within each community and less strongly linked between the communities.Read article - Article
How parallel computing can be (in)efficient•
May 29 2020, by Jan-Pieter DorsmanToday, we demand much more from our devices and we take for granted that they all work nice and fast. Without realizing, we usually greatly value a speedy processing of our tasks. Speed is thus of the essence, but how do current-day devices cope with this? The answer: your devices can multi-task.Read article - Article
Google PageRank: how search engines `bring order to the Web'••
December 20 2019, by Nelly LitvakA crucial innovation of Google was a mathematically quite simple but powerful algorithm called PageRank.Read article