Tag Archives: Mathematics
Technion Researchers Honored
The grants are being awarded to the following faculty members: Dr. Ayala Shiber of the Faculty of Biology is exploring how RNA molecules in the cell direct proteins to fold to their native, functional state and avoid misfolding. She was awarded the ERC grant for her research on cellular mechanisms that protect proteins during synthesis… Read More
Do We All Understand Coronavirus News?
Being afraid of math prevents people from engaging with it when they need it – even if they learned it at school, a new study claims. Since COVID-19 emerged as a global crisis, the news has been dominated by graphs and terms like “R numbers" and "exponential growth," referring to the rate of spread of… Read More
The Ramanujan Machine
Using AI and computer automation, Technion researchers have developed a “conjecture generator” that creates mathematical conjectures, which are considered to be the starting point for developing mathematical theorems. They have already used it to generate a number of previously unknown formulas. The study, which was published in the journal Nature, was carried out by undergraduates… Read More
Two Technion Faculty Members Win ERC Consolidator Grants
Two Technion - Israel Institute of Technology faculty members have won ERC Consolidator Grants, prestigious awards allocated by the European Union (EU) as part of the Horizon 2020 research and development program. This year, the ERC (European Research Council) received 2,453 research proposals, and on December 10th announced the 301 researchers who had been selected… Read More