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Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.
Generating electricity without the use of fossil fuels is not just an engineering and industrial challenge, it is also a huge mathematical challenge.
In this podcast author Coralie Colmez shares insights into her novel The irrational diary of Clara Valentine.
We talk to early career mathematicians who spent some of their summer holiday solving problems posed by industry — such as how to blend a perfect smoothie!
Don't like plant-based meat alternatives, but want to spare animals and the environment? There's hope on the horizon, aided by a good helping of maths.
Inverse problems are mathematical detective problems. They can help solve crimes, are used in medical imaging, and much more.
The radius of a circle will fit inside the circle six times exactly to form a hexagon; the corners of the hexagon each touch the circumference of the circle. Babylonians did indeed have a love for the number 60 and if each of the sides of the hexagon are divided into 60 and a line drawn from each 60th to the centre of the circle then there are 360 divisions in the circle.