A problem which has defeated mathematicians for almost 140 years hasbeen solved by a researcher at Imperial College London. Professor Darren Crowdy, Chair in Applied Mathematics, has made thebreakthrough in an area of mathematics known as conformal mapping, a keytheoretical tool used by mathematicians, engineers and scientists totranslate information from a complicated shape to a simpler circularshape so that it is easier to analyze.
Will these nights simply be a page in the history of America or the start of a completely new chapter? NBC Political Director Chuck Todd previews Obama's acceptance speech.
AP - Asif Ali Zardari, the man poised to become Pakistan's next president, is still known as "Mr. 10 Percent" because of corruption allegations. Now his own lawyers say he may have suffered from mental health problems within the past year.
AP - It seems like an easy solution: Americans are looking for more fuel-efficient vehicles, so Ford Motor Co. is bringing over some of the small, gas-sipping cars it's been selling to Europeans for years.