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Supporting healthcare with AI

Mathematicians are developing new machine learning techniques to support medical doctors in their work.

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.

Maths in a minute: Utility theory

A hundred pounds is a lot more to someone who's poor than to a millionaire. But how do you measure such differences? Utility theory has the answer.

Living Proof: Anita Layton – one of Canada’s most powerful women

We join Dan Aspel to talk to the irrepressible Anita Layton about her career and research in kinetic theory.

On the mathematical frontline: Matt Keeling

Epidemiologist Matt Keeling tells us about his work on the roadmap out of lockdown, whether the models have been too pessimistic, and what it's been like producing scientific results that carry so much weight.

Shining a light on COVID modelling

There have been accusations that the modelling projecting the course of the pandemic was too pessimistic. Are they justified?

New ways of seeing with the INTEGRAL project

We ask the INTEGRAL team about their innovative machine learning approaches to understanding remotely gathered images, and the significant impact these technologies can have on the world.

Maths in five minutes: Calculus

Curious about calculus? This accessible introduction is for you!

Why turbulence is troubling

We all know what turbulence is, but nobody understands it.

Maths in a minute: Limits

Find out about the beautifully intuitive concept that lies at the heart of calculus.

Reducing NHS waiting lists in the wake of COVID

Mathematicians help with clearing the massive NHS backlog for heart conditions.

The calculus of the complex

Calculus has long been key to describing the world. Now fractional calculus is providing new ways of describing complex systems.