The Plus New Writers Award 2006: the competition issue

Outer space: How to beat that photocopier

A new mathematical model describes how plants can stop desertification

Nurturing the future of observational cosmology

The maths of fair division

A new way to use old data can help you assess your travel options

A statistical study into Iraq war deaths sparks controversy

There might not be a Nobel Prize for mathematics, but maths is at the heart of the 2006 Nobel Prizes.

Mathematics illustrates the forefront of visualising science

A new piece of free educational software

The future of technology to probe the very nature of the Universe