… the human brain is made up of more neurons than there are stars in the galaxy – over 100 billion. Pathways in your brain are rewired second to second as you learn to do new things.
You might have noticed how your chocolate bars have been getting smaller but have stayed roughly the same price. This is called shrinkflation – it is a cunning way of raising prices without actually raising the price of the product you are buying off the shelf. It is only when you sit down and do […]
Saving lives with the help of mathematics One in two people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Consequently, cancer treatment is expected to cost the NHS £13.2 billion by 2021, and so there is an urgent need to develop novel and effective therapies to cope with these demands. One of […]
Cooking using ratios is much easier than working from a set recipe.
It takes around four months to produce a new vaccine, meaning that when pandemic strikes, vaccines won’t be the first line of defence. Instead researchers rely on mathematical models which predict how a disease might spread.
Every day we put our trust in the buildings and vehicles around us, feeling confident that they aren’t going to collapse while we use them. One of the main reasons for this confidence is that a small army of engineers is constantly testing our planes, trains and buildings, looking for cracks or defects so that […]
If a suspect leaves a trail of footprints at a crime scene then they are probably very close to being caught. Footprints are highly incriminating evidence and yet they present some major challenges to investigators as they can easily be damaged. In a completely different context palaeontologists are also needing to analyse footprints – studying […]
Mathematics is improving the quality of medical imaging, allowing doctors to predict what they will find when they carry out surgery with greater accuracy.
If you dream about making a difference in the world, then choosing a career in mathematics can help you to do exactly that. All over the world there are mathematics researchers who are helping tackle some of the greatest problems of the modern day such as climate change or the spread of pandemic diseases. One […]
Find out how maths is used to help aircraft in measuring the wind and how it helps make accurate predictions about the weather.
Imagine you are a farmer who owns an orchard. One of your greatest fears is that blight spreads through your orchard, destroying your crops and ruining your livelihood. You therefore want to know how best to plant your trees in order to minimise the chance of the blight taking over. Mathematicians have modelled this problem […]
Going out for a meal’s a treat. You’ve enjoyed some good food and someone else is going to wash up – but then comes the bill and the embarrassment of figuring out how much to tip.
Where do days, months, and years come from? Keeping track of time is harder than you think.
EDF Energy is one of the UK’s largest energy companies and largest producer of low-carbon electricity. They generate around one fifth of the UK’s electricity and employ around 15,000 people in the UK.
As the country’s central bank, the Bank of England plays a fundamental role in the UK economy – ensuring monetary stability and contributing to financial stability. Their work has an impact on the entire nation.
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