http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:28:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/can_we_mutate_viruses_to_death_ It could become a reality thanks to a new study by Rice University bioengineers. CalTechNews Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:06:37 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/_beauty_machine_makes_average_face_a_knockout_with_a_single_click Our mothers told us that true beauty is more than skin deep — but researchers from Tel Aviv University are now challenging Mom. CalTechNews Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:16:23 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/six_environmental_research_studies_reveal_critical_health_risks_from_plastic Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly associated with adverse health effects on humans and laboratory animals. CalTechNews Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:10:22 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/mathematicians_explain_how_insects_breathe_underwater Hundreds of insect species spend much of their time underwater, where food may be more plentiful. MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how those insects breathe underwater. CalTechNews Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:11:20 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/mathematicians_reveal_secrets_of_the_ancient_art_of_symmetry Humans have used symmetrical patterns for thousands of years in both functional and decorative ways. Now, a new book by three mathematicians offers both math experts and enthusiasts a new way to understand symmetry. CalTechNews Sat, 24 May 2008 20:47:33 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/beating_the_codebreakers Quantum cryptography may be essentially solved, but getting the funky physics to work on disciplined computer networks is a whole new headache. CalTechNews Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:01:48 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/researcher_discover_music_has_its_own_geometry The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 200 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ratios. CalTechNews Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:49:25 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/traffic_jam_mystery_solved_by_mathematicians Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. CalTechNews Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:22:08 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/free_software_brings_affordability,_transparency_to_mathematics University of Washington won first prize in the scientific software division of Les Trophées du Libre, an international competition for free software. CalTechNews Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:04:51 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/not_just_science_fiction_electromagnetic_wormhole_possible,_say_mathematicians The team of mathematicians that first created the mathematics behind the "invisibility cloak" announced by physicists last October has now shown that the same technology could be used to generate an "electromagnetic wormhole." CalTechNews Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:10:28 +0100