Behind every government announcement, there is an army of epidemiologists predicting how the virus will spread, and how to beat it. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/how-to-model-a-pandemic…
Tag: Maths
Sweden Starts Testing World’s First Central Bank Digital Currency
Sweden’s Riksbank said on Wednesday it had begun testing an e-krona, taking the country a step closer to the creation of the world’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC). From a report: If the e-krona eventually comes into circulation it will be used to simulate everyday banking activities, such as payments, deposits and withdrawals from a digital wallet such as a…
Coronavirus: How maths is helping to answer crucial covid-19 questions
Getting a full picture of the coronavirus outbreak is extremely difficult. Maths can help fill in some of the gaps, says Adam Kucharski Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2233386-coronavirus-how-maths-is-helping-to-answer-crucial-covid-19-questions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
New clues in the search for the universe’s oldest galaxies
An astronomer reports on a very old galaxy cluster – labeled XLSSC 122 – whose light has taken 10.4 billion years to travel across the universe to us. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/new-clues-search-oldest-galaxies-in-the-universe…
Maths says you need coarser coffee grounds to make a perfect espresso
Baristas normally aim to grind coffee finely to maximise surface area and extract the most coffee compounds, but a mathematical analysis has found that coarse grounds are better as they reduce clogging Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231003-maths-says-you-need-coarser-coffee-grounds-to-make-a-perfect-espresso/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Trippy maths program could help figure out the shape of the universe
Mathematicians have come up with a way to explore strange 3D spaces that could be related to the shape of the universe Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229531-trippy-maths-program-could-help-figure-out-the-shape-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Newyddion gwych! Maths predicts that Welsh language is set to thrive
The Welsh language, spoken by around half a million people today, is expected to “thrive in the long term”, based on a model looking at how proficiency in languages changes over time Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229237-newyddion-gwych-maths-predicts-that-welsh-language-is-set-to-thrive/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
AI is helping tackle one of the biggest unsolved problems in maths
Machine learning algorithms are being used to tackle the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, one of the fiendishly difficult Millennium Prize Problems Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2226493-ai-is-helping-tackle-one-of-the-biggest-unsolved-problems-in-maths/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tactical voting campaign says maths can solve the UK’s political mess
A site designed to help voters who want to stop Brexit has come under fire for its recommendations, but the group behind it say it is backed by statistics Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2222106-tactical-voting-campaign-says-maths-can-solve-the-uks-political-mess/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
50-year old maths problem about an infinite lottery finally solved
A 50-year-old maths problem has finally been solved, and it shows that even an infinitely large lottery ticket could not contain every winning solution Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216349-50-year-old-maths-problem-about-an-infinite-lottery-finally-solved/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…