By Alexander Baker, The University of Queensland It all began early in my life. Mathematics provided fun little logical puzzles to solve and was far more intriguing than other subjects at school. [...]
By Lachlan Bubb, The University of Adelaide Influenza. Smallpox. Ebola. These are just a few of the infectious diseases that have plagued our society; hugely damaging diseases that have left [...]
By Alexander Browning, Queensland University of Technology Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in men. It resulted in the deaths of just over 3000 Australian men in [...]
By Michelle Strumila, Monash University In physics, there is something called a Feynman diagram. It is a way of representing the interactions between particles. This is the way quantum field [...]
By David Stojanovski, Monash University Bone – most people wouldn’t consider it alive. It isn’t soft and pliable like our muscles, fat, organ tissue or hair. However, bone [...]
By Will Stavely, Monash University You may have noticed that if you twist the end of an old-fashioned phone cord, it will start to bunch up into a clump somewhere in the middle of the cord. A [...]
By Alex Simmons, Queensland University of Technology Mathematical models are a popular field of research owing to their ability to describe physical problems, interactions or processes within the [...]