Potential pandemic prevention strategy raises ethical dilemmas
21 March, 2024Locking down the most at-risk group of people, while simultaneously promoting infection in other groups in order to reach herd immunity, could be the best way to protect the high-risk groups.
Underground nuclear tests now 99% detectable, scientists say
07 March, 2024It has previously been tricky to differentiate between nuclear explosions and other seismic sources, such as naturally occurring earthquakes or man-made noise above ground.
AI proposes chemical reactions to make designed molecules
29 May, 2023Researchers in Japan have developed a machine learning process that simultaneously designs new molecules and suggests the chemical reactions to make them.
Mathematical modelling not always best for policymakers
26 October, 2022The pursuit of complex models that produce more accurate predictions may not deliver, because more complicated models tend to produce more uncertain estimates.
Mathematical modelling predicts polymer network properties
08 September, 2021A powerful mathematical modelling tool will allow scientists to predict the properties of polymer networks before they are even created.
Computer model identifies drug-resistant mutations
01 June, 2020The approach could significantly improve the ongoing challenge of developing drugs that combat resistant cancers, as well as resistant bacterial and viral infections.
New algorithm could improve rare disease diagnosis
02 October, 2018Stanford scientists have developed an algorithm, called Phrank, that automates the most labour-intensive part of genetic diagnosis.
Mathematical modelling of the body's biochemical systems
07 December, 2015Researchers have developed an energy-based mathematical modelling technique to build models of the complex biochemical systems within the human body.
Mathematical modelling of cell cluster formations
20 March, 2014Mathematicians at the University of Adelaide have devised a method for identifying how cell clusters have formed by analysing an image of the cluster.
Getting wind of spin bowling’s secrets
08 July, 2013 by Lauren DavisJust in time for the Ashes test cricket series this week, two Australian physicists have presented equations highlighting the trajectory of a spinning ball as it moves through the air in the presence of wind.
More effective teleportation
18 January, 2013For the last 10 years, theoretical physicists have shown that the intense connections generated between particles as established in the quantum law of ‘entanglement’ may hold the key to eventual teleportation of quantum information. Now, for the first time, researchers have worked out how entanglement could be ‘recycled’ to increase the efficiency of these connections.
Memory formation and the development of artificial cognitive computers
26 November, 2012By studying the exact synaptic conditions required in memory formation, researchers hope to develop models which will aid in the construction of artificial cognitive computers in the future.
High-performance computing transforms research
30 October, 2012New super-fast, high-performance computing (HPC) being installed by La Trobe University, RMIT University and Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) will revolutionise the computational modelling and simulation technologies available to researchers.
Travelling faster than the speed of light
15 October, 2012University of Adelaide applied mathematicians have extended Einstein’s theory of special relativity to work beyond the speed of light.
MathWorks Matlab and Simulink Release 2012b numerical computing
04 October, 2012MathWorks has introduced Release 2012b with major updates to Matlab and Simulink that significantly improve use and navigation.
