Why we need to rethink what we know about dust

New research reveals our understanding of dust’s role in the environment is far from settled.

Adrian Chappell, Professor in Climate Change Impacts, Cardiff University • conversation
April 2, 2024 ~6 min

New Cambridge-developed resources help students learn how maths can help tackle infectious diseases

Cambridge mathematicians have developed a set of resources for students and teachers that will help them understand how maths can help tackle infectious

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 19, 2024 ~5 min


New Cambridge-developed resources bring infectious diseases into the maths classroom

Cambridge mathematicians have developed a set of resources for students and teachers that will help them understand how maths can help tackle infectious

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 19, 2024 ~5 min

Swarming cicadas, stock traders, and the wisdom of the crowd

The springtime emergence of vast swarms of cicadas can be explained by a mathematical model of collective decision-making with similarities to models

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 1, 2024 ~5 min

How do astronomers know the age of the planets and stars?

Measuring the ages of planets and stars is tricky. An observational astrophysicist describes the subtle clues that provide good estimates for how old different space objects are.

Adam Burgasser, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, San Diego • conversation
Oct. 2, 2023 ~6 min

One easy way to fight antibiotic resistance? Good hand hygiene

Using a mathematical model, researchers found that good hygiene can reduce the harmful effects of antibiotic use.

Kristofer Wollein Waldetoft, Postdoctoral Fellow in Infection Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Feb. 28, 2023 ~4 min

How a quest for mathematical truth and complex models can lead to useless scientific predictions – new research

The assumption that more detail is better is questioned by a new study.

Arnald Puy, Associate Professor in Social and Environmental Uncertainties, University of Birmingham • conversation
Nov. 3, 2022 ~7 min

Noise in the brain enables us to make extraordinary leaps of imagination. It could transform the power of computers too

From more accurate climate modelling to the prospect of truly creative computers, the brain’s use of noise has a lot to teach us.

Tim Palmer, Royal Society Research Professor, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 20, 2022 ~30 min


For the brain, context is key to new theory of movement and memory

Mathematical model could help in physical therapy and shed light on learning more generally. 

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 24, 2021 ~8 min

Study suggests R rate for tracking pandemic should be dropped in favour of ‘nowcasts’

When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, the R rate became well-known shorthand for the reproduction of the disease. Yet a new study suggests it’s time for

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 29, 2021 ~4 min

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