Workshops – C. Sean Bohun

PSW at MBI: Day 5

July 21, 2012July 20, 2012 by seanmathmodelguy

This is the day of presentations and starting it off with a broken coffee machine was interesting and only took about 10 minutes to solve (with a pot full of fresh brew). After a few minutes we all filed into the lecture hall and began the talks. 1. Lipid layer problem: The question for this … Read morePSW at MBI: Day 5

PSW at MBI: Day 4

July 21, 2012July 20, 2012 by seanmathmodelguy

Today we start to scramble. Running simulations of the models that have been developed, debugging code, extending the models a bit and trying to understand the results. Not everyone has used exactly the same set of parameters and the tedium of tracking all that down while bleary-eyed and desperately attempting to extend our models is … Read morePSW at MBI: Day 4

PSW at MBI: Day 3

August 3, 2012July 19, 2012 by seanmathmodelguy

Started the day missing the bus but arranged with the hotel for a shuttle to take me in. When I suggested that I’d just walk the mile and a half in the heat the clerk gave me the ‘You are nuts!’ look so just had a seat and started working while I waited for the … Read morePSW at MBI: Day 3

PSW at MBI: Day 2

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 by seanmathmodelguy

Arranged to take the shuttle from the hotel this morning since 8:15am was really kicking my butt and giving myself an extra 15 minutes would really be appreciated. So, where are we? First let’s describe the process. A polymer scaffold is set into the bottom of a petri dish and is about 300 microns in … Read morePSW at MBI: Day 2

This strange “spacetime crystal” can suddenly become a black hole August 30, 2026

Physicists have mathematically captured a bizarre “spacetime crystal” that can either dissolve or collapse into a microscopic black hole after only a tiny change in energy. Their breakthrough came from an unusual trick involving infinitely many dimensions, potentially giving researchers a new tool for studying primordial and microscopic black holes.

Tiny graphene wrinkles create surprisingly powerful electrical effects August 17, 2026

Scientists have discovered that tiny, sharply curved wrinkles in graphene can dramatically alter its electrical behavior, creating surprisingly strong charge separation. The finding suggests future electronics could be tuned by reshaping materials at the atomic scale instead of changing what they’re made of.

Claude Fable 5 AI finds a tiny formula that topples an 87-year-old math conjecture August 6, 2026

A mathematician working at Anthropic says he used the AI model Claude Fable 5 to uncover a remarkably simple counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, a famous problem that has resisted mathematicians for more than a century. The result shows that the conjecture is false in three dimensions and above, although the original two-dimensional version remains […]

Mathematicians prove perfectly fair elections are impossible August 2, 2026

Mathematicians have shown that no electoral system can perfectly balance local representation, proportional national results, and a fixed-size parliament once enough parties compete. A newly proposed voting method could soften these unavoidable trade-offs and produce outcomes that are much closer to fair.

New cancer strategy could stop tumors before resistance takes hold July 22, 2026

Researchers are applying evolutionary theory to cancer by changing treatments before tumors have time to develop resistance. Mathematical models suggest that rapid, carefully timed switches between multiple therapies could improve cure rates.