How does Math relate to beauty, art, and fashion? Jessica Wynne, a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York explored the beauty of math in her most recent project. She took creative photos of chalkboards that were labeled “Do Not Erase.” The results prove that beauty can be found in the most mundane and unexpected places. See more about Professor Wynne’s journey here.
Being able to locate the source of sound is a skill that humans employ based on the difference in the amount of time the sound waves take to reach each ear. For smaller birds, reptiles and mammals, the distance between the ears is too small to base sound location off of the same strategy. Mathematicians from the Technical University of Munich have used a model to show how these animals compensate for this. Read more about this here.
Researchers at the University of York have created a mathematical model that provides new information about how viruses make copies of themselves during an infection. Click here to learn more.
University of Michigan researchers have created an app to fight jet lag. Using math, this app helps users correct their internal clocks after far travels. Click here to read more and click here to watch a video about this awesome technology.
