Six Sigma, a quality-control methodology first developed for manufacturing, is now used by business and organizations of all types.

Scientists explore the physics of how polarization-filtered colors emerge, how they can be controlled, and why subtle changes in viewing angle, sample orientation, and the order of layers of films ...

ADELPHI, Md. (Aug. 1, 2014) -- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory recently initiated an Open Campus pilot program at its Adelphi, Md., campus to foster better collaboration across industry, academia, ...

When studying to become a math teacher, many teachers-in-training are taught to use concrete, real world examples to help illustrate mathematical concepts. New research, published in last week's ...

A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching mathematical concepts by using "real-world," concrete examples. Researchers found that college students who learned a ...

To improve the efficiency of machine learning, a learning model that can identify and generate instances of concepts such as "near", "above", "between", "nearest ...

Discover what rent seeking is in economics, its implications, and see examples of how entities gain wealth without societal ...

Restaurateur Scott Kammerer began his career elbow-deep in dirty dishwater. Nearly two decades later, he is leading SoDel Concepts, one of the most successful hospitality companies in Delaware. Along ...

Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help their children with math homework? Those days predated the Common Core ...