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<title>Bacteria use chat to play the 'prisoner's dilemma' game in deciding their fate</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1537/Bacteria_use_chat_to_play_the_prisoners_dilemma_game_in_deciding_their_fate.html</guid><description><![CDATA[When faced with life-or-death situations, bacteria -- and maybe even human cells -- use an extremely sophisticated version of "game theory" to consider their options and decide upon the best course of action. Scientists said microbes "play" a version of the classic "Prisoner's Dilemma" game.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:49:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Getting in rhythm helps children grasp fractions, study finds</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1538/Getting_in_rhythm_helps_children_grasp_fractions_study_finds.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Tapping out a beat may help children learn difficult fraction concepts, according to new findings. An innovative curriculum uses rhythm to teach fractions at a California school where students in a music-based program scored significantly higher on math tests than their peers who received regular instruction.]]></description>
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<title>Computer model of spread of dementia can predict future disease patterns years before they occur in a patient</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1539/Computer_model_of_spread_of_dementia_can_predict_future_disease_patterns_years_before_they_occur_in_a_patient.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed a computer program that has tracked the manner in which different forms of dementia spread within a human brain. They say their mathematical model can be used to predict where and approximately when an individual patient's brain will suffer from the spread, neuron to neuron, of "prion-like" toxic proteins -- a process they say underlies all forms of dementia.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematical methods predicts movement of oil and ash following environmental disasters</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1540/Mathematical_methods_predicts_movement_of_oil_and_ash_following_environmental_disasters.html</guid><description><![CDATA[For those involved in managing the fallout from environmental disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, it is essential to have tools that predict how the oil will move, so that they make the best possible use of resources to control the spill. Such tools now appear to be within reach.]]></description>
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<title>Partnerships in the brain: Mathematical model describes the collaboration of individual neurons</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1541/Partnerships_in_the_brain_Mathematical_model_describes_the_collaboration_of_individual_neurons.html</guid><description><![CDATA[How do neurons in the brain communicate with each other? One common theory suggests that individual cells do not exchange signals among each other, but rather that exchange takes place between groups of cells. Researchers have now developed a mathematical model that can be used to test this assumption.]]></description>
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<title>Escaping parasites and pathogens</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1542/Escaping_parasites_and_pathogens.html</guid><description><![CDATA[In nature, how do host species survive parasite attacks? This has not been well understood, until now. A new mathematical model shows that when a host and its parasite each have multiple traits governing their interaction, the host has a unique evolutionary advantage that helps it survive.]]></description>
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<title>First computer model of how buds grow into leaves</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1543/First_computer_model_of_how_buds_grow_into_leaves.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Leaves come in all shapes and sizes. Scientists have discovered the simple rules that control leaf shape during growth. Using this "recipe," they have developed the first computer model able to accurately emulate leaf growth from a bud.]]></description>
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<title>Girls' verbal skills make them better at arithmetic, study finds</title>
<link>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1544/Girls_verbal_skills_make_them_better_at_arithmetic_study_finds.html</link>
<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1544/Girls_verbal_skills_make_them_better_at_arithmetic_study_finds.html</guid><description><![CDATA[While boys generally do better than girls in science and math, some studies have found that girls do better in arithmetic. A new study finds that the advantage comes from girls' superior verbal skills.]]></description>
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<title>How the tiger got its stripes: Proving Turing's tiger stripe theory</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1545/How_the_tiger_got_its_stripes_Proving_Turings_tiger_stripe_theory.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers have provided the first experimental evidence confirming a great British mathematician's theory of how biological patterns such as tiger stripes or leopard spots are formed.]]></description>
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<title>A classic model for ecological stability revised, 40 years later</title>
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<guid>http://www.mathsnews.com/stories/1546/A_classic_model_for_ecological_stability_revised_40_years_later.html</guid><description><![CDATA[A famous mathematical formula which shook the world of ecology 40 years ago has been revisited and refined.]]></description>
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