Veterinary - Today
Multitude of indicators of equine insulin dysregulation and therefore laminitis risk
Multitude of indicators of equine insulin dysregulation and therefore laminitis risk
Career - Today
Dr Heidi Ashton on why sexual misconduct, bullying and harassment is so pervasive in the cultural and creative industries
Dr Heidi Ashton on why sexual misconduct, bullying and harassment is so pervasive in the cultural and creative industries
Life Sciences - Today
The University of Manchester secures major bioscience funding to harness the activity of microbiomes for a more sustainable future
The University of Manchester secures major bioscience funding to harness the activity of microbiomes for a more sustainable future
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Computer Science - Mathematics - 13.02.2017 
Researchers collaborate with company to speed up the design of metamaterials
Specially engineered materials are getting a boost as Imperial mathematicians partner with a company in Switzerland to improve design algorithms.
Mathematics - 25.01.2017
Event - Mathematics - 25.01.2017
Mathematics - 09.01.2017
Mathematics - 15.12.2016
Physics - Mathematics - 12.12.2016
Mathematics - Event - 12.12.2016
Administration - Mathematics - 29.11.2016 
From lab bench to backbench: University of Bath researchers visit politicians in Westminster
Three researchers from the University of Bath will be learning how their research can inform legislation when they visit the House of Commons for a week in Westminster.
Art and Design - Mathematics - 16.11.2016 
Expressions of Research exhibition - art engaging with research
Five selected Artists have each been working together with researchers at the University of Bath to influence each other's work, study each other's methods and contribute to each other's output, in order to present results and engage people in understanding what they do.
Economics - Mathematics - 14.11.2016
Mathematics - 24.10.2016 
Why pints spill but straws don’t: researchers uncover the science of spilling
New research shows that it is not only the size, but the shape of a tube that determines whether a liquid will spill out of it when tipped over. Glasses of liquid, when turned horizontally, inevitably spill. This is not necessarily the case however with very thin straws, which, when turned on their sides, can retain liquid in them.
Mathematics - Psychology - 20.10.2016 
Experts identify 14 themes of creativity
Experts identify 14 themes of creativity The elusive and complex components of creativity have been identified by experts at the University of Sussex and the University of Kent.
Chemistry - Mathematics - 29.09.2016 
University scientists receive prestigious fellowships
Two scientists from the University of Bath have been awarded prestigious University Research Fellowships by The Royal Society.
Health - Mathematics - 27.09.2016 
Outdoor air pollution exceeds WHO limits for 90% of UK population
Data released today (Tuesday 27 September 2016) from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that over 90 per cent of the UK's population lives in areas where levels of air pollution exceed WHO limits.
Mathematics - Economics - 21.09.2016
Mathematics - 20.09.2016
Mathematics - 14.09.2016
Mathematics - Economics - 06.09.2016 
Should we sample time series more frequently?
A team of statisticians from the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and the Office for National Statistics have been chosen to present a prestigious Read (Discussion) Paper at a plenary session of the Royal Statistical Society's international conference in Manchester today (Tuesday, September 6).
Mathematics - 23.08.2016
Mathematics - Computer Science - 18.08.2016
Mathematics - 17.08.2016
Health - Mathematics - 16.08.2016 
We manage our long-term happiness
Scientists use an app to analyse behaviour and showed how humans routinely sacrifice their short-term happiness for their long-term welfare. Most theories of motivation have championed the pleasure principle, where our choices of daily activities aim to maximize our short-term happiness. However, it was not clear to researchers how to reconcile this idea with the fact that we all have to engage routinely in unpleasant, yet necessary activities.
Physics - Mathematics - 29.07.2016 
Knots in chaotic waves
New research, using computer models of wave chaos, has shown that three-dimensional tangled vortex filaments can in fact be knotted in many highly complex ways. The computer experiments, by academics at the University of Bristol, give rise to a huge variety of different knots, realising many that have been tabulated by pure mathematicians working in the field of knot theory.
Mathematics - Health - 19.07.2016
Mathematics - 14.06.2016 
New equation reveals how other people’s fortunes affect our happiness
A new equation, showing how our happiness depends not only on what happens to us but also how this compares to other people, has been developed by UCL researchers funded by Wellcome. The team developed an equation to predict happiness in 2014, highlighting the importance of expectations, and the new updated equation also takes into account other people's fortunes.
Mathematics - Event - 03.06.2016
Event - Mathematics - 01.06.2016
Mathematics - Event - 31.05.2016
Mathematics - Event - 20.05.2016
Mathematics - Computer Science - 12.05.2016
Mathematics - Computer Science - 10.05.2016 
’Facebook’ for mathematical functions aims to solve Riemann’s hypothesis
A solution to the greatest unresolved problem in pure mathematics - Riemann's hypothesis - could be coming closer, thanks to a remarkable international collaboration involving mathematicians from the
Health - Mathematics - 04.05.2016 
World-leading epidemiologist elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Imperial's Professor Christl Donnelly, a world-leading statistical epidemiologist, has been elected as a new Fellow of the Royal Society.
Physics - Mathematics - 28.04.2016
Mathematics - 22.04.2016
Mathematics - Pedagogy - 22.04.2016
Physics - Mathematics - 07.04.2016
Mathematics - Computer Science - 22.03.2016
Mathematics - Event - 14.03.2016
Event - Mathematics - 10.03.2016
Mathematics - Electroengineering - 09.03.2016 
Researchers take their research to parliament
Thomas Rogers (UCL Security & Crime Science) has been awarded the Silver medal in engineering for his research poster presented at this year's SET for Britain competition.
Law - Mathematics - 26.02.2016
Economics - Mathematics - 25.02.2016
Economics - Mathematics - 08.02.2016
Mathematics - Computer Science - 29.01.2016
Health - Mathematics - 28.01.2016
Social Sciences - Mathematics - 27.01.2016
Health - Mathematics - 21.01.2016
Health - Mathematics - 18.01.2016 
Researchers to apply maths to improve healthcare
Imperial researchers have been given a funding boost to convert healthcare data into useful tools for doctors, using mathematics.
Mathematics - 13.01.2016 
Two Lotto winners sharing £66m jackpot aimed high as Sussex maths expert suggested
Two Lotto winners sharing £66m jackpot aimed high as Sussex maths expert suggested University of Sussex maths teacher Dr John Haigh was in demand last week as the national media sought advice from an expert in probability in choosing national lottery numbers.
Health - Mathematics - 16.12.2015
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Specially engineered materials are getting a boost as Imperial mathematicians partner with a company in Switzerland to improve design algorithms.
Eminent woman mathematician awarded Honorary Doctorate
"There is still an attitude that women don't quite cut it.
"There is still an attitude that women don't quite cut it.
Poverty in the Pacific
Research by Cardiff University is helping to improve the lives of people living in some of the most vulnerable communities in the world.
Research by Cardiff University is helping to improve the lives of people living in some of the most vulnerable communities in the world.
Three researchers from the University of Bath will be learning how their research can inform legislation when they visit the House of Commons for a week in Westminster.
Five selected Artists have each been working together with researchers at the University of Bath to influence each other's work, study each other's methods and contribute to each other's output, in order to present results and engage people in understanding what they do.
WBS partners NIESR to build new UK statistical centre
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New research shows that it is not only the size, but the shape of a tube that determines whether a liquid will spill out of it when tipped over. Glasses of liquid, when turned horizontally, inevitably spill. This is not necessarily the case however with very thin straws, which, when turned on their sides, can retain liquid in them.
Experts identify 14 themes of creativity The elusive and complex components of creativity have been identified by experts at the University of Sussex and the University of Kent.
Two scientists from the University of Bath have been awarded prestigious University Research Fellowships by The Royal Society.
Data released today (Tuesday 27 September 2016) from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that over 90 per cent of the UK's population lives in areas where levels of air pollution exceed WHO limits.
Next generation of statistical tools to be developed for the big data age
Statisticians are developing new ways to interpret the unprecedented amounts of data being generated continuously all around us.
Statisticians are developing new ways to interpret the unprecedented amounts of data being generated continuously all around us.
Pupil and teacher perceptions of teaching
Fewer than half of young secondary school pupils think their views are taken seriously by those educating them, a major new study has found, while the majority of their teachers disagree.
Fewer than half of young secondary school pupils think their views are taken seriously by those educating them, a major new study has found, while the majority of their teachers disagree.
A team of statisticians from the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and the Office for National Statistics have been chosen to present a prestigious Read (Discussion) Paper at a plenary session of the Royal Statistical Society's international conference in Manchester today (Tuesday, September 6).
Rio gold medal run was one of the best ever – according to statisticians
Statisticians have created a model to work out the answers to one of the biggest questions asked by sports fans around the world - what were the best track athletics performances of all time?
Statisticians have created a model to work out the answers to one of the biggest questions asked by sports fans around the world - what were the best track athletics performances of all time?
King's Maths School Reigns Supreme
Students at King's College London Mathematics School (KCLMS) celebrated their A-level results today with 100 per cent receiving an A* or A grade in Mathematics, including 83% gaining an A*.
Students at King's College London Mathematics School (KCLMS) celebrated their A-level results today with 100 per cent receiving an A* or A grade in Mathematics, including 83% gaining an A*.
Scientists use an app to analyse behaviour and showed how humans routinely sacrifice their short-term happiness for their long-term welfare. Most theories of motivation have championed the pleasure principle, where our choices of daily activities aim to maximize our short-term happiness. However, it was not clear to researchers how to reconcile this idea with the fact that we all have to engage routinely in unpleasant, yet necessary activities.
New research, using computer models of wave chaos, has shown that three-dimensional tangled vortex filaments can in fact be knotted in many highly complex ways. The computer experiments, by academics at the University of Bristol, give rise to a huge variety of different knots, realising many that have been tabulated by pure mathematicians working in the field of knot theory.
Time travelling to the mother tongue
T'he sounds of languages that died thousands of years ago have been brought to life again through technology that uses statistics in a revolutionary new way.'' As a word is uttered it vibrates air, and the shape of this soundwave can be measured and turned into a series of numbers John Aston No matter whether you speak English or Urdu, Waloon or Waziri, Portuguese or Persian, the roots of your language are the same.
T'he sounds of languages that died thousands of years ago have been brought to life again through technology that uses statistics in a revolutionary new way.'' As a word is uttered it vibrates air, and the shape of this soundwave can be measured and turned into a series of numbers John Aston No matter whether you speak English or Urdu, Waloon or Waziri, Portuguese or Persian, the roots of your language are the same.
A new equation, showing how our happiness depends not only on what happens to us but also how this compares to other people, has been developed by UCL researchers funded by Wellcome. The team developed an equation to predict happiness in 2014, highlighting the importance of expectations, and the new updated equation also takes into account other people's fortunes.
’A new era in number theory’: Sir Andrew Wiles receives the Abel Prize for mathematics
The work of Oxford University Professor Sir Andrew Wiles was celebrated as having 'heralded a new era in number theory' as he received the top international prize for mathematics.
The work of Oxford University Professor Sir Andrew Wiles was celebrated as having 'heralded a new era in number theory' as he received the top international prize for mathematics.
Massive new mathematical database keeps web and banking security ahead of the curve
University of Nottingham researchers are part of an international team mapping the mathematical objects behind prime numbers; used to encrypt online bank accounts and protect web security.
University of Nottingham researchers are part of an international team mapping the mathematical objects behind prime numbers; used to encrypt online bank accounts and protect web security.
A solution to the greatest unresolved problem in pure mathematics - Riemann's hypothesis - could be coming closer, thanks to a remarkable international collaboration involving mathematicians from the
Imperial's Professor Christl Donnelly, a world-leading statistical epidemiologist, has been elected as a new Fellow of the Royal Society.
Seven Oxford academics elected Fellows of the Royal Society
The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Fifty new Fellows and 10 new Foreign Members have been announced today. The new Oxford Fellows: Professor Steven Balbus is Savilian Professor of Astronomy and Head of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford.
The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Fifty new Fellows and 10 new Foreign Members have been announced today. The new Oxford Fellows: Professor Steven Balbus is Savilian Professor of Astronomy and Head of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford.
Opinion: The man who taught infinity: how GH Hardy tamed Srinivasa Ramanujan’s genius
Béla Bollobás (Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics) discusses the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan and the influence of his tutor Godfrey Harold Hardy.
Béla Bollobás (Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics) discusses the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan and the influence of his tutor Godfrey Harold Hardy.
Girls are more afraid of mathematics than boys in 80% of countries
Girls are more afraid of mathematics than boys, especially in more developed and gender-equal countries, according to a new worldwide study. A team of psychologists from the University of Glasgow and the Universities of California (Irvine) and Missouri in the USA found girls were more anxious about mathematics in 80% of the countries surveyed.
Girls are more afraid of mathematics than boys, especially in more developed and gender-equal countries, according to a new worldwide study. A team of psychologists from the University of Glasgow and the Universities of California (Irvine) and Missouri in the USA found girls were more anxious about mathematics in 80% of the countries surveyed.
New Research Chair will tackle the structural integrity of nuclear power stations
Professor Chris Pearce, Professor of Computational Mechanics at the University of Glasgow, has been appointed to the university's new Royal Academy of Engineering / EDF Energy Research Chair in Computational Mechanics for Nuclear Power Engineering.
Professor Chris Pearce, Professor of Computational Mechanics at the University of Glasgow, has been appointed to the university's new Royal Academy of Engineering / EDF Energy Research Chair in Computational Mechanics for Nuclear Power Engineering.
Researchers present posters at SET for Britain
Early career researchers from the Faculty of Science and Engineering were part of a select group chosen to present their research at the SET for Britain event which took place in the House of Commons.
Early career researchers from the Faculty of Science and Engineering were part of a select group chosen to present their research at the SET for Britain event which took place in the House of Commons.
Fermat’s Last Theorem proof secures mathematics’ top prize for Sir Andrew Wiles
Professor Sir Andrew Wiles of Oxford University has been awarded the 2016 Abel Prize for mathematics for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Professor Sir Andrew Wiles of Oxford University has been awarded the 2016 Abel Prize for mathematics for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Thomas Rogers (UCL Security & Crime Science) has been awarded the Silver medal in engineering for his research poster presented at this year's SET for Britain competition.
Lancaster statistician helping to develop new crime-fighting forensic techniques
A Lancaster University statistician is working on an international project to develop forensics techniques to help inform criminal courts. Dr David Lucy, of Lancaster's Mathematics and Statistics department, is working with the Netherlands' National Forensics Institute (NFI), to develop a method of working out how likely it is that glass fragments found on suspects came from crime scenes.
A Lancaster University statistician is working on an international project to develop forensics techniques to help inform criminal courts. Dr David Lucy, of Lancaster's Mathematics and Statistics department, is working with the Netherlands' National Forensics Institute (NFI), to develop a method of working out how likely it is that glass fragments found on suspects came from crime scenes.
Downside risks to UK economy have increased
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Becoming an Expert: Weihong Ni on bonus-malus systems for car insurance
Weihong Ni is a PhD candidate in the Institute for Financial and Actuarial Mathematics (IFAM) in the University's Department of Mathematical Sciences : "I came to Liverpool more than 6 years ago as
Weihong Ni is a PhD candidate in the Institute for Financial and Actuarial Mathematics (IFAM) in the University's Department of Mathematical Sciences : "I came to Liverpool more than 6 years ago as
HIV is still growing, even when undetectable in the blood
A team of international researchers including scientists from Oxford University has found that HIV is still replicating in lymphoid tissue even when it is undetectable in the blood of patients on antiretroviral drugs. The findings provide a critical new perspective on how HIV persists in the body despite potent antiretroviral therapy.
A team of international researchers including scientists from Oxford University has found that HIV is still replicating in lymphoid tissue even when it is undetectable in the blood of patients on antiretroviral drugs. The findings provide a critical new perspective on how HIV persists in the body despite potent antiretroviral therapy.
Predicting political surprises and uprisings before they happen
From the Arab Spring to the successful leadership bid by Jeremy Corbyn or Donald Trump's success in the US Republican campaign: Why are so many surprising things happening in politics? New research by the University of Oxford and University College London has harnessed a wealth of digital data and techniques to try to answer this question.
From the Arab Spring to the successful leadership bid by Jeremy Corbyn or Donald Trump's success in the US Republican campaign: Why are so many surprising things happening in politics? New research by the University of Oxford and University College London has harnessed a wealth of digital data and techniques to try to answer this question.
Too many minions spoil the plot
If you're thinking of creating a massive conspiracy, you may be better scaling back your plans, according to an Oxford University researcher. While we can all keep a secret, a study by Dr David Robert Grimes suggests that large groups of people sharing in a conspiracy will very quickly give themselves away.
If you're thinking of creating a massive conspiracy, you may be better scaling back your plans, according to an Oxford University researcher. While we can all keep a secret, a study by Dr David Robert Grimes suggests that large groups of people sharing in a conspiracy will very quickly give themselves away.
Imperial researchers have been given a funding boost to convert healthcare data into useful tools for doctors, using mathematics.
Two Lotto winners sharing £66m jackpot aimed high as Sussex maths expert suggested University of Sussex maths teacher Dr John Haigh was in demand last week as the national media sought advice from an expert in probability in choosing national lottery numbers.
£2m grant for University of Glasgow-led soft tissue mechanics research
A new research centre which aims to develop new mathematics for multiscale soft tissue modelling targeted at heart disease and cancer has received £2m in funding. The Engineering and Physical Research Sciences Council (EPSRC) announced today it would be funding the University of Glasgow-led Multiscale Soft Tissue Mechanics (SofTMech) research centre.
A new research centre which aims to develop new mathematics for multiscale soft tissue modelling targeted at heart disease and cancer has received £2m in funding. The Engineering and Physical Research Sciences Council (EPSRC) announced today it would be funding the University of Glasgow-led Multiscale Soft Tissue Mechanics (SofTMech) research centre.
Veterinary - Today
Multitude of indicators of equine insulin dysregulation and therefore laminitis risk
Multitude of indicators of equine insulin dysregulation and therefore laminitis risk
Career - Today
Dr Heidi Ashton on why sexual misconduct, bullying and harassment is so pervasive in the cultural and creative industries
Dr Heidi Ashton on why sexual misconduct, bullying and harassment is so pervasive in the cultural and creative industries
Life Sciences - Today
The University of Manchester secures major bioscience funding to harness the activity of microbiomes for a more sustainable future
The University of Manchester secures major bioscience funding to harness the activity of microbiomes for a more sustainable future