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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 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 [...]

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 [...]

By Michael Mampusti Walk into a bathroom or kitchen and chances are that the walls or the floor are covered in square tiles. Perhaps not surprisingly, these collections of tiles are examples of [...]

By Daniel Mahar Consider how much time and money goes into research to enable us to live longer and healthier lives, how much we invest to help us understand what happens inside our body, our [...]

By Zhigen Lin Bones appear to be a hard substance in our bodies that make up our skeleton. They don’t seem to change much after our teenage years. Actually, bone is a dynamic tissue that is [...]

By Daniel Lin We all have a fair idea of what polynomials are from our high school days. Remember having to “factorise” expressions of the form x^2+3x+2? These are examples of what are called [...]

By Luran Li Elevators are so prevalent in our daily life that we all have the experience of waiting in a lobby, staring at the digital display as the floor number ticks by, and being excited by [...]