By Ho Ka Ng, The University of Adelaide Is the coffee mug the same as the doughnut? This might sound like a silly question but in topology – a branch of mathematics they are considered to [...]
By Adam Murray, The University of Queensland We can think of the Willmore energy as a measure of the roundness of a surface sitting in three-dimensional space. This is perhaps easy to imagine in [...]
NEWCASTLE, TUESDAY 13 JANUARY, 2015: We are surrounded by space. And there are lots of things in that space. Have you ever wondered how these things are classified as shapes or objects? People [...]
By Liam Morrow, Queensland University of Technology Non-linear differential equations appear frequently in applied mathematics and are used to describe different physical systems some common ones [...]
By Thomas Moore Cells die all the time. Since you started reading this sentence, you’ve probably lost a few million… And there go a few million more. And of course all these dead cells must be [...]
By Michael Mcphail Many real world systems can be represented in the form of a complex network by representing objects/people/groups as points, known as nodes or vertices, and showing that a [...]
NEWCASTLE, 27 DECEMBER 2014: Thousands of Australians will be hitting the roads this summer; cars packed with eskies, tents and boogie boards. But who makes sure the roads are safe, the traffic [...]
By Angus McClure This summer, together with my supervisor Prof Geoff Mercer, I have been working on constructing mathematical models describing the spread of a disease caused by the bacteria [...]
By Jaimie McGlashan According to the World Health Organisation, cancer has recently become the leading cause of death worldwide. The devastating disease is responsible for 8.2 million deaths in [...]
