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The lungs of the Earth
How can maths help to understand the Southern Ocean, a vital component of the Earth's climate system?
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SBIDER Presents: Shining a light on COVID modelling
Was the mathematical modelling projecting the course of the pandemic too pessimistic, or were the projections justified? Matt Keeling tells our colleagues from SBIDER about the COVID models that fed into public policy.
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More than maths: Understanding infectious diseases in care homes
Some diseases spread far more quickly in care homes and other settings with vulnerable people. How can maths help? And what help does maths need?
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Climate change and ready meals: Challenges for epidemiologists
Invading mosquitoes and food poisoning in the production chain — there are a lot of questions epidemiologists address in their research.
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Learning from COVID: How good was the UK's vaccination strategy?
Was vaccinating vulnerable people first a good choice? Hindsight allows us to assess this question.
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The Abel Prize 2023: Luis A. Caffarelli
This year's Abel Prize goes to Luis A. Caffarelli for a body of work on the maths of change.
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The STEM for BRITAIN awards 2023
Maths meets politics as early career mathematicians present their work at the Houses of Parliament.
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Could ants lead us to new methods in data science?
Can maths help us understand how ants, of such little brains, manage to cooperate so brilliantly?
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Predicting the weather with artificial intelligence
Predicting the weather is hard. It requires a lot of physics, a lot of maths, and a huge amount of computing power. Can AI help?
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Catching clouds with artificial intelligence
Clouds make the weather, yet their detail isn't taken into account in weather forecasts. Artificial intelligence might be able to help.
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Can artificial intelligence help predict the weather?
Predicting the weather is hard. But with more data and computing power becoming available, artificial intelligence may be able to help.
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Maths in a minute: Numerical weather prediction
How does your phone know what the weather's going to be like?