From rainbows to rogue waves

02 November 2022

Mathematics - General News

Dispersion lies at the heart of many dramatic phenomena - explore the maths that explains it!

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Too many vehicles, slow reactions and reckless merging: New math model explains how traffic and bacteria move

Mathematics - Research News

30 April 2024

What do the flow of cars on a highway and the movement of bacteria towards a food source have in common? In both cases, annoying traffic jams can form. Especially for cars, we might want to understand how to avoid them, but perhaps we've never thought of turning to statistical physics....

Tilted Squares

Mathematics - Research News

29 April 2024

It's easy to work out the areas of most squares that we meet, but what if they were tilted?...

Laser imaging could offer early detection for at-risk artwork

Physics General News

29 April 2024

Look closely at Impressionist paintings in museums compared with photos of them taken 50 years ago, and you might notice something odd: Some are losing their bright yellow hues....

Theoretical biologists test two modes of social reasoning and find surprising truths in simplicity

Mathematics - Research News

29 April 2024

Imagine a small village where every action someone takes, good or bad, is quietly followed by ever-attentive, nosy neighbors. An individual's reputation is built through these actions and observations, which determines how others will treat them. They help a neighbor and are likely to receive help...

New system boosts efficiency of quantum error correction

Quantum Physics News

29 April 2024

The fragile qubits that make up quantum computers offer a powerful computational tool, yet also present a conundrum: How can engineers create practical, workable quantum systems out of bits that are so easily disturbed—and wiped of data—by tiny changes in their environment?...

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