Untangling DNA with Knot Theory Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsLife Sciences At AN18, Mariel Vazquez employed topological concepts from knot theory to demonstrate that cells detangle DNA with optimal efficiency.
The Unwinding Number ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsComputational Science & Numerical Analysis Early programmers had to write their own procedures to implement complex arithmetic and transcendental functions.
Wormlike Micellar Solutions, Polymers, and Mucins Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsSIAM News Pam Cook spoke about molecular-level modeling of materials that exhibit similarly schizoid behavior during her AN18 Julian Cole Lectureship.
Information Theory in Earth and Space Science ResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Recent advances in information theory enable our understanding of the dynamics of abrupt climate changes.
Reproducible BLAS: Make Addition Associative Again! ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News Hardware and software vendors and standards committees are addressing the challenge of reproducibility.
The Moon Sine ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News In this month's column on "Mathematical Curiosities," Mark Levi contemplates moon angles and the lunar tilt illusion.
Compartmental Model Exposes Reality of the U.S. Opioid Epidemic Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsCommentarysiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Christopher Strickland presented a sobering model of prescription opioid addiction and treatment during MPE18.
Modeling Organisms Behind Harmful Algal Blooms Happening NowGet InvolvedConferencesResearchInsights University of Delaware researcher Nicholas Russell uses agent-based mathematical models to predict and analyze how and when phytoplankton cause...
Mathematical Model Optimizes Preemptive Cholera Vaccination in Cameroon Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth At MPE18, Michael Kelly presented a mathematical model to optimize oral cholera vaccination placement in Cameroon.
Simulating the Mechanics of Honeybee Swarm Behavior Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightssiam.org FeedsLife Sciences At LS18, Orit Peleg used a combination of experiments and simulations to model mechanical swarm stability in honeybee populations.
A Differential Equation Model for Crab-Mussel Interactions Happening NowPress ReleasesGet InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth At MPE18, Rana Parshad described an ODE model for crab-mussel interactions in the presence of epibionts.
Studying Frazil-ice Dynamics with Population Models Happening NowGet InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth At MPE18, David Rees Jones described continuum models of a population of ice crystals to better understand frazil ice in large-scale models.
Network Modeling to Study Sea Ice Permeability Happening NowGet InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Sea ice permeability is affected by extracellular polymeric substances secreted by algae that inhabit ice.
Improving Ecosystem-based Harvest of the European Anchovy Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Mahir Demir used a spatial food chain model to investigate harvest strategies for anchovy fisheries on the Black Sea at MPE18.
Viability Theory Addresses Sustainability and Social Issues Happening NowGet InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth At MPE18, Pedro Gajardo described use of viability theory to tackle social problems, such as epidemiology and resource exploitation.