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The Fields Medals 2022: Hugo Duminil-CopinHugo Duminil-Copin has been awarded a Fields Medal for solving longstanding problems in statistical physics. He told us about how his work brings together his two loves – maths and physics.
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The Abacus Medal 2022: Mark BravermanMark Braverman has won the Abacus Medal for developing the theory of information complexity. He told us about the role of communication in computation, and why a mathematical view can help you understand how to solve problems while sharing as little information as possible.
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The Fields Medals 2022: Maryna Viazovska

Maryna Viazovska has won one of this year's Fields Medals for a ground-breaking result in the theory of sphere packings.
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The Gauss Prize 2022: Elliott LiebElliott Lieb has been awarded the 2022 Gauss Prize for outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, and pure mathematics.
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The Chern Medal 2022: Barry MazurBarry Mazur has received the 2022 Chern Medal for profound discoveries in topology, arithmetic geometry and number theory.
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The Fields Medals 2022: June HuhJune Huh has been awarded a Fields Medal for work on combinatorics and algebraic geometry.
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The Fields Medals 2022: James MaynardJames Maynard has won a field medal for his work in number theory. He told us how he went from a fascination with numbers as a young child to making spectacular contributions to number theory.
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Maths in a minute: CombinatoricsWhether you want to understand viruses, win at lotto or solve a rubik's cube – you'll need some help from combinatorics.
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Kinetic theory: Taming multitudesKinetic theory bridges the gap between the big and the small to understand systems made up of many components: from plasmas to people.
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The inequalities of COVID-19The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the differences between us. Understanding these inequalities is crucial for this and future pandemics.
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Supporting healthcare with AIMathematicians are developing new machine learning techniques to support medical doctors in their work.
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Can maths help improve the communities of the future?Now it's the turn of mathematicians to help to improve the communities of the future.