New software for biodiversity research enables comprehensive quantification of ecological stability

Intact ecosystems have the capacity for self-regulation, which keeps their complex structure of species—such as animals, ...
Scientific American

Are prime numbers hiding inside black holes?

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller ...

Solving a longstanding mystery about complex life's origin—oxygen-tolerant Asgard archaea may explain eukaryotes' rise

The most widely accepted scientific explanation for the arrival of all complex life on Earth has had an unsolved mystery at its heart. According to the theory, all plants, animals and fungi, known ...
ahajournals.org

Mitochondrial Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Protects From Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Improving Complex I Composition and Function

The catalytic subunit of telomerase, telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), has protective functions in the cardiovascular system. TERT is not only present in the nucleus but also in mitochondria.
IEEE

N-Systems Function Projective Combination Synchronization—A Review of Real and Complex Continuous Time Chaos Synchronization

Abstract: As an important branch in the field of chaos, chaos synchronization (CHS) has attracted great attentions since it was firstly proposed. In this review article, numerous types of continuous ...
Quanta Magazine

Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics

A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory of nature. That theory, quantum mechanics, found immediate success, proving its worth ...
archive

Complex analysis : an introduction to the theory of analytic functions of one complex variable

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...
IEEE

Calculating the Support Function of Complex Continuous Surfaces With Applications to Minimum Distance Computation and Optimal Grasp Planning

Abstract: The support function of a surface is a fundamental concept in mathematics and a crucial operation for algorithms in robotics, such as those for collision detection and grasp planning. It is ...
www.cs.cmu.edu

Winding numbers: a topological tool for geometry processing

This post explains the key findings and algorithm of our 2023 SIGGRAPH paper “Winding Numbers on Discrete Surfaces” . What problem does this paper solve? For a given point on a surface, we would like ...
The Conversation

Taking a leap of faith into imaginary numbers opens new doors in the real world through complex analysis

William Ross does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
News Medical

Unique protein complex found to influence brain function and anxiety

Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have uncovered unique roles for a protein complex in the structural organization and function of ...