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

19 Feb 2024

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

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

01 Feb 2024

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

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

24 Nov 2021

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

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

29 Sep 2021

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...

Mathematical model predicts best way to build muscle

23 Aug 2021

Researchers have developed a mathematical model that can predict the optimum exercise regime for building muscle.

How accurate were early expert predictions on COVID-19, and how did they compare to the public?

05 May 2021

Who made more accurate predictions about the course of the COVID-19 pandemic – experts or the public? A study from the University of Cambridge has...

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New national modelling group to provide faster, more rigorous COVID-19 predictions

18 Feb 2021

A new national consortium, co-led by the University of Cambridge, will bring together mathematical modellers to produce faster, more rigorous...

The cosmologist modelling the Universe with maths

18 Feb 2021

Dr Tobias Baldauf likes nothing better than seeing an equation ‘cross reality’. His work is helping us to answer some of the remaining questions about...

Researcher profile: Professor Julia Gog

08 Apr 2020

Professor Julia Gog is a mathematician who specialises in modelling the spread of infectious diseases, particularly pandemic influenza. For months...

Women in STEM: Dr Natasha Morrison

13 Feb 2020

Dr Natasha Morrison is a Research Fellow in mathematics at Sidney Sussex College and a member of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical...

Risk of Ebola outbreaks could be reduced by understanding how ecosystems influence human health

15 Oct 2019

The next Ebola outbreak could be predicted using a new model that tracks how changes to ecosystems and human societies combine to affect the spread of...

Geographic patterns of spread of influenza pandemic

Citizen science experiment predicts massive toll of flu pandemic on the UK

22 Mar 2018

How fast could a new flu epidemic spread? The results of the UK’s largest citizen science project of its kind ever attempted, carried out by thousands...

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

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

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

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

Mathematical model predicts best way to build muscle

How accurate were early expert predictions on COVID-19, and how did they compare to the public?

New national modelling group to provide faster, more rigorous COVID-19 predictions

The cosmologist modelling the Universe with maths

Researcher profile: Professor Julia Gog

Women in STEM: Dr Natasha Morrison

Risk of Ebola outbreaks could be reduced by understanding how ecosystems influence human health

Citizen science experiment predicts massive toll of flu pandemic on the UK

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