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Date |
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| Games theory: online play can help researchers tackle tough computational problems. |
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Mar 17, 2007 |
2413 |
| Swirling seas, crystal balls: spirals of triangles crinkle into intricate structures. |
Cover story |
Oct 21, 2006 |
1194 |
| Chaotic Chomp: the mathematics of crystal growth sheds light on a tantalizing game. |
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Jul 22, 2006 |
1936 |
| All square: a surprising, far-reaching overhaul for theories about quadratic expressions. |
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Mar 11, 2006 |
2149 |
| Surface story: inspired by spiral soap films, mathematicians zero in on a novel, economical, and infinite helix. |
Cover Story |
Dec 17, 2005 |
1716 |
| A spectrum of choices. |
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Dec 18, 2004 |
7904 |
| A better distorted view: the physics of diffusion offers a new way of generating maps. |
Cover Story |
Aug 28, 2004 |
1797 |
| Drama in numbers: putting a passion for mathematics on stage. |
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Dec 21, 2002 |
1970 |
| Prime pursuit: constructing an efficient prime number detector. |
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Oct 26, 2002 |
1632 |
| Logic in the blocks: simple puzzles can give computers an unexpectedly strenuous workout. |
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Aug 17, 2002 |
2105 |
| Filling in blanks: automating the restoration of a picture's missing pieces. |
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May 11, 2002 |
1494 |
| Guessing secrets: applying mathematics to the efficient delivery of Internet content. |
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Apr 6, 2002 |
2017 |
| Polyhedron Man: spreading the word about the wonders of crystal-like geometric forms. |
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Dec 22, 2001 |
1561 |
| Knot possible: better ways to tell a tangled circle from a knotted loop. |
Cover Story |
Dec 8, 2001 |
1898 |
| Sneaky calculations: how to trick other people's computers into solving your math problems. |
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Nov 17, 2001 |
1869 |
| Pi a la Mode. |
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Sep 1, 2001 |
1823 |
| Surprisingly Square. |
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Jun 16, 2001 |
1833 |
| Motif for Infection. |
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May 12, 2001 |
1900 |
| Circle Game. |
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Apr 21, 2001 |
1758 |
| Visions of Infinity. |
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Dec 23, 2000 |
2007 |
| Calculating Swarms. |
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Nov 11, 2000 |
1781 |
| Unlocking Puzzling Polygons. |
Brief Article |
Sep 23, 2000 |
991 |
| Mathematician on Ice. |
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Aug 12, 2000 |
1918 |
| The Power of Partitions. |
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Jun 17, 2000 |
1922 |
| Changes of Mathematical State. |
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May 6, 2000 |
2183 |
| Owners of home computers join researchers in cracking problems and crunching data. |
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Mar 4, 2000 |
1893 |
| An Artist's Timely Riddles. |
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Jan 1, 2000 |
2208 |
| Quantum Games. |
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Nov 20, 1999 |
2062 |
| The Honeycomb Conjecture. |
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Jul 24, 1999 |
1698 |
| Fibonacci at Random. |
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Jun 12, 1999 |
1139 |
| Computing at the Edge. |
Brief Article |
Apr 10, 1999 |
1919 |
| Census Sampling Confusion. |
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Mar 6, 1999 |
2559 |
| A Quasicrystal Construction Kit. |
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Jan 23, 1999 |
1027 |
| Diagnosing the Internet's ills. |
Brief Article |
Jan 16, 1999 |
316 |
| Agents of Cooperation. |
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Jan 2, 1999 |
1843 |
| Physics Nobel spotlights quantum effect. |
Brief Article |
Oct 17, 1998 |
451 |
| Fractal models for data traffic. |
Brief Article |
Oct 17, 1998 |
398 |
| Picking off more pieces of pi. |
Brief Article |
Oct 17, 1998 |
223 |
| Tabulating an enormous assortment of knots. |
Brief Article |
Oct 10, 1998 |
355 |
| Surreal films: a soapy solution to the math puzzle of turning a sphere inside out. |
Cover Story |
Oct 10, 1998 |
1454 |
| Chaotic route to computation. |
Brief Article |
Oct 3, 1998 |
346 |
| Factoring reaches new heights. |
Brief Article |
Oct 3, 1998 |
197 |
| Following gravity's loops and knots. |
Brief Article |
Sep 5, 1998 |
449 |
| Twists through space: interactive software helps sculptors visualize and refine their creations. |
Brief Article |
Aug 29, 1998 |
557 |
| Math prizes: moonshine to quantum logic. |
Brief Article |
Aug 22, 1998 |
432 |
| Close connections: it's a small world of crickets, nerve cells, computers, and people. |
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Aug 22, 1998 |
2133 |
| Cracking Kepler's sphere-packing problem. |
Brief Article |
Aug 15, 1998 |
581 |
| Illuminating 3-D chaotic mixing in liquids. |
Brief Article |
Aug 1, 1998 |
329 |
| Quick cracking of secret code. |
Brief Article |
Aug 1, 1998 |
366 |
| Computers in the house. |
Brief Article |
Aug 1, 1998 |
223 |
| Playing your cards right: poker comes out of the back room and into the computer science lab. |
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Jul 18, 1998 |
1834 |
| Explosive stripping of a material's surface. |
Brief Article |
Jul 11, 1998 |
372 |
| Monopole search comes up empty-handed. |
Brief Article |
Jul 4, 1998 |
276 |
| Power cracking of cash card codes. |
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Jun 20, 1998 |
553 |
| Rethinking ink: printing the pages of an electronic book. |
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Jun 20, 1998 |
1583 |
| Loops of gravity: calculating a foamy quantum space-time. |
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Jun 13, 1998 |
1820 |
| Writing micropatterns in glowing silicon. |
Brief Article |
May 16, 1998 |
342 |
| Basing transistors on lone carbon nanotubes. |
Brief Article |
May 9, 1998 |
368 |
| Sifting through the Web's data jumble. |
Brief Article |
May 2, 1998 |
402 |
| Hiding secret data in plain view. |
Brief Article |
May 2, 1998 |
266 |
| Web searches fall short. |
Brief Article |
May 2, 1998 |
309 |
| Probing a deuteron's structure. |
Brief Article |
May 2, 1998 |
303 |
| Rare fission processes. |
Brief Article |
May 2, 1998 |
140 |
| Antiproton path to nuclear suburbs. |
Brief Article |
May 2, 1998 |
117 |
| X-ray flashes illuminate general relativity. |
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Apr 25, 1998 |
627 |
| Last of the normal mesons. |
Brief Article |
Apr 25, 1998 |
194 |
| A half-life for titanium. |
Brief Article |
Apr 25, 1998 |
161 |
| Microdrops of superfluid. |
Brief Article |
Apr 25, 1998 |
208 |
| Evading quantum barrier to time travel. |
Brief Article |
Apr 11, 1998 |
565 |
| Electrons in boxes: probing artificial atoms to stretch quantum physics. |
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Apr 11, 1998 |
1546 |
| A model walker: fashioning a Tinkertoy contraption that walks but can't stand. |
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Mar 21, 1998 |
1629 |
| Nuclear collisions spawn odd fragments. |
Brief Article |
Mar 14, 1998 |
549 |
| Watching washes out interference. |
Brief Article |
Mar 14, 1998 |
270 |
| Frigid running. |
Brief Article |
Mar 14, 1998 |
288 |
| Flooding light through tiny holes. |
Brief Article |
Feb 28, 1998 |
337 |
| Tunneling to a speedy transistor. |
Brief Article |
Feb 28, 1998 |
221 |
| Circles in the sky: detecting the shape of the universe. |
Cover Story |
Feb 21, 1998 |
2102 |
| Calculating a record prime. |
Brief Article |
Feb 21, 1998 |
326 |
| Overcoming quantum error. |
Brief Article |
Feb 21, 1998 |
266 |
| Instant transport: achieving quantum teleportation in the laboratory. |
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Jan 17, 1998 |
928 |
| Millenium bug bites? |
Brief Article |
Jan 17, 1998 |
238 |
| The Z machine: powering up a miniature accelerator to target nuclear fusion. |
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Jan 17, 1998 |
923 |
| Posture control depends on balancing act. |
Brief Article |
Jan 10, 1998 |
450 |
| Zeroing in on an infinite number of primes. |
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Jan 3, 1998 |
709 |
| The art of scientific photography: bringing an artist's eye to the realm of imaging. |
Cover Story |
Dec 20, 1997 |
1227 |
| U.S. funding boosts accelerator project. |
Brief Article |
Dec 13, 1997 |
381 |
| Breaking through the acoustic shock barrier. |
Brief Article |
Dec 6, 1997 |
566 |
| Protons as memory aids. |
Brief Article |
Dec 6, 1997 |
289 |
| Against the wall. |
Brief Article |
Dec 6, 1997 |
232 |
| Record fusion power. |
Brief Article |
Dec 6, 1997 |
53 |
| Compromise reached on census sampling. |
Brief Article |
Nov 22, 1997 |
435 |
| One-way molecules channel electric current. |
Brief Article |
Nov 8, 1997 |
497 |
| Ringing up a coffee stain. |
Brief Article |
Nov 8, 1997 |
272 |
| Chemical analysis with atom tweezers. |
Brief Article |
Nov 8, 1997 |
182 |
| Fine lines for chips: competing technologies for downsizing the transistor. |
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Nov 8, 1997 |
1910 |
| Melting driven by particle size. |
Brief Article |
Nov 1, 1997 |
188 |
| Immersion for analyzing complex software. |
Brief Article |
Oct 25, 1997 |
400 |
| Sampling and the census: improving the accuracy of the decennial count. |
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Oct 11, 1997 |
2140 |
| Atoms bounce back to form frigid cloud. |
Brief Article |
Oct 4, 1997 |
206 |
| Tinier transistors for tomorrow's chips. |
Brief Article |
Sep 20, 1997 |
266 |
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