For most of the 20th century, mathematics was seen as a close and natural partner of physics and engineering. Secondary and postsecondary mathematics educators channeled the mainstream of their ...

These days Sneha Mitra, PhD, spends a lot of time thinking about T cells — a type of white blood cell that helps protect the body from infection and cancer. A postdoctoral fellow at the Sloan ...

On an August morning in a Northwestern developmental biology lab, a team of researchers casts its collective eyes on thousands of roundworms culled from sites around the globe. Using robotics to scan ...

How can mathematicians help to solve questions about biology? By using mathematical methods to tackle highly complex problems such as stopping a disease outbreak, or predicting the effects of global ...

Beginning next fall, the University will host a new program — titled "Interfaces in Science" — to train physical and mathematical science graduate students in the interdisciplinary field of biological ...

Computer simulations of tumor behavior are generating new research insights -- and could lead to personalized therapies. There is a growing number of researchers worldwide exploring the field of ...

This post was updated March 10 at 11:10 a.m. UCLA researchers published a study discussing the success of the Life Sciences 30 series, a set of classes at UCLA designed to revitalize the way life ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 101, No. 2, Special Issue: Rituals and explorations in mathematical teaching and learning (June 2019), pp. 233-252 (20 pages) Non-mathematics specialists' ...

For more than a century, the notion that females are innately less capable than males at doing mathematics, especially at the highest levels, has persisted in even the loftiest circles. For more than ...