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What is the generation time of a disease?To work out how a disease will spread you need to know the time between infections.
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How can maths fight an epidemic?How can we use mathematics to model the spread of a disease?
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The doubling time of a diseaseThe doubling time of a disease is the time it takes for the number of cases of the disease to double. How do you calculate it?
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The growth rate of a diseaseWhat is the growth rate and what does it tell us about an epidemic?
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R and herd immunityWhat is herd immunity and what does it have to do with a number called R?
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Maths in a minute: AlgorithmsThe word "algorithm" has probably got more usage over the last few years than it has in its entire history. But what exactly is an algorithm?
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Maths in a minute: Exponential growthWhat do we mean when we say that something grows exponentially?
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Maths in a minute: Conditional probabilityFind out why the formula we use to work out conditional probabilities is true!
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New understanding of a neglected diseaseNew research reported at this year's Black Heroes of Mathematics conference is changing lives around the world.
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Can data science help rebuild our trauma networks?Can mathematics help reshape our hospital networks?
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From clicks to chordsHow is frequency related to pitch? Hear the music we love emerge from pure mathematical beats.
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Balancing the equations of a low carbon energy networkGenerating electricity without the use of fossil fuels is not just an engineering and industrial challenge, it is also a huge mathematical challenge.