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 ...

The study of biology will increasingly require skill in math, or “a toolbox of diverse mathematical approaches,” according to a new article published in the journal Science. I don’t know if biologists ...

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 ...

Computational biology expert Nadia Lanman helps cancer researchers find solutions in massive datasets generated through ...

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer for women in the world, with more than 660,000 new cases and nearly 350,000 ...

Bakers get paid to mix. Bartenders get paid to mix. And the University of Arizona is getting paid to mix — $1million to mix math and biology. The lottery-sized training grant, awarded by the National ...

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 ...

A novel mathematical approach has uncovered that some animal cells have robust 12-hour cycles of genetic activity, in addition to circadian or 24-hour cycles. A novel mathematical approach has ...