Was the mathematical modelling projecting the course of the pandemic too pessimistic, or were the projections justified? Matt Keeling tells our colleagues from SBIDER about the COVID models that fed into public policy.
Some diseases spread far more quickly in care homes and other settings with vulnerable people. How can maths help? And what help does maths need?
Invading mosquitoes and food poisoning in the production chain — there are a lot of questions epidemiologists address in their research.
Was vaccinating vulnerable people first a good choice? Hindsight allows us to assess this question.
This year's Abel Prize goes to Luis A. Caffarelli for a body of work on the maths of change.
Clouds make the weather, yet their detail isn't taken into account in weather forecasts. Artificial intelligence might be able to help.
Predicting the weather is hard. But with more data and computing power becoming available, artificial intelligence may be able to help.
