In mathematics sense, a game is a setting in which players make reasoned choices according to definite rules in order to gain some kind of advantage. Game theory is the field of mathematics that focuses on the analysis of such video games. Game theory can be broken down into two principal sub-disciplines: classical game...
An MIT-developed inflatable robotic prosthetic hand provides amputees real-time responsive control. The smart hand is soft and flexible, weighs around 0.23 kilograms, and costs a fraction of similar prosthetics. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers at MIT / MIT News Prosthetics enable a wide range of everyday tasks, including shaking hands, stroking cats, and zipping up...
According to AccuWeather meteorologists, the steamy air over the Northeast will help set the stage for daily rounds of heavy to severe electrical storms through the conclusion of the week. Anyone venturing outdoors in the neighborhood may believe they have been transported to Florida due to the excessive humidity levels that have made it feel...
The illustration reprents the separation from the State and the Church. Credit: RUBÉN ALEJANDRO MORERO When early man examined natural happenings, he was determined to find an explanation. Knowledge for natural phenomena, as well as the desire to control them, pushed our forefathers to seek refuge in the concept of a supernatural power, which evolved...
Fragment Zoo Physical scientists thought there were only three basic elements for most of the first half of the twentieth century: the known proton, neutron, and electron. Nonetheless, by the mid-1960s, that image had shifted. Improvements to particle accelerators and detector technology set the stage for the discovery of a seemingly infinite number of new...
Particles of the Standard Model of particle physics. Credit: Daniel Dominguez/CERN The theories and findings of countless physicists since the 1930s led to an excellent insight into the basic structure of matter. They found that there are a few basic building blocks known as fundamental particles that compose everything in the universe, ruled by four...
Plans to measure the impact of historical research as if it were a science will undoubtedly mean fewer history books that delight the general reader. The kind of history books that delight most readers probably incorporate original research with elegant, easily accessible prose: possibly a book such as Christopher Clark’s The Sleepwalkers or Lyndal Roper’s...
Credit: European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare The rise of laboratory science in the late 19th century placed a sharp focus on the moral value of medical innovation. 'Modern medical science has offered us a choice where there was once none.' So stated John Simon at the International Medical Congress in London...
Scientists have collected evidence of local symmetry breaking in a quantum material upon heating. They believe these local states are associated with electronic orbitals that serve as orbital degeneracy lifting (ODL) "precursors" to the titanium (Ti) dimers (two molecules linked together) formed when the material is cooled to low temperature. (Electron orbitals are considered...
Crystals of the material hexagonal boron nitride can be etched so that the pattern you draw at the top transforms into a smaller and razor-sharp version at the bottom. These perforations can be used as a shadow mask to draw components and circuits in graphene. This process enables a precision that is impossible with...
