The sun and its prodigious stream of solar particles, called the solar wind, can be particularly tricky to model since as the material streams to the outer reaches of the solar system it carries along ...

Worcester, Mass. - Sept. 23, 2020 - Using a limited set of mathematical equations, Worcester Polytechnic Institute mathematical sciences professor Mayer Humi said he has confirmed a 224-year-old math ...

Many areas of scientific research — Earth’s weather, ocean currents, the outpouring of magnetic energy from the Sun — require mapping out the large-scale features of a complex system and its intricate ...