Mathematics
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Johns Hopkins team breaks through quantum noise
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A team from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has broken new ground in understanding quantum noise — a major source of error in quantum computing. Their findings, published in Physical Review Letters, address a critical challenge that must be solved to develop useful quantum computers.
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- Physical Review Letters
For young children, finger-counting a stepping stone to higher math skills
American Psychological AssociationPeer-Reviewed Publication
Children who count on their fingers between ages 4 and 6 1/2 have better addition skills by age 7 than those who don’t use their fingers, suggesting that finger counting is an important stepping stone to higher math skills, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
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- Developmental Psychology
Hebrew University among world leaders in public policy, communication, law, and mathematics in Shanghai ranking
The Hebrew University of JerusalemGrant and Award Announcement
Shanghai Ranking by Research Fields for 2025: The Hebrew University ranks among the world’s top 50 in four fields, including Public Administration, which jumped dozens of places to reach 23rd worldwide—higher than Harvard.
How modified robotic prosthetics could help address hip, back problems for amputees
North Carolina State UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both optimize the movement of the prosthetic limb and – for the first time – also help a human user’s body engage in a more natural walking pattern. The new approach can be used to help restore and maintain various aspects of user movement, with the goal of addressing health challenges associated with an amputation.
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- IEEE Transactions on Robotics
- Funder
- U.S. National Science Foundation
Breaking the cycle of vulnerability: study identifies modifiable elements to build community resilience and improve health
ElsevierPeer-Reviewed Publication
A novel study empirically linking a standardized measure of community resilience in more than 3,100 U.S. counties to cognitive, mental, and physical health outcomes shows that counties with fewer healthcare resources, limited digital tools, and weaker support systems exhibit poorer overall health among their residents. The article appearing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, indicates that resilience can be measured, strengthened, and designed into our systems of care using modifiable tools like healthcare access, support networks, and technology.
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- American Journal of Preventive Medicine
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- NIH/National Institute on Aging
Could a child have painted that? Jackson Pollock's famous pour-painting has child-like characteristics, study shows
FrontiersPeer-Reviewed Publication
Different artists create different art, a new study has confirmed. Adults and children were asked to recreate a famous Jackson Pollock painting, and researchers analyzed the characteristics. They found artists of different ages created paintings with distinct characteristics, and that children’s paintings shared more similarities with artworks by some of the most famous expressionists of the last century than adults’. They also found that characteristics typical of children’s and expressionists’ paintings may make art more pleasant to look at, which could be due to humans’ million-year-long exposure to similar shapes and patterns in nature.
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- Frontiers in Physics