Physics, software, engineering, banking, insurance--all depend on math research.

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The techniques come from fields such as evolutionary biology, chemical engineering and physics to capture tumor complexity in a few well-considered equations.

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One attraction is programs that collaborate with the engineering and physics departments on topics such as betting on horse races, creating 3-D images of people and predicting the weather.

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Udacity offers 11 STEM courses like "Introduction to Physics, " "Intro to Computer Science, " and "Web Application Engineering" -- all free.

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