From cybercrime to earthquakes, influenza to air travel, research on risk and uncertainty reflects issues that are of paramount importance.
As earthquake experts worldwide reflect on an Italian court’s ruling to convict scientists on manslaughter charges for failing to predict the L’...
Aircraft that work together to solve complicated mathematical problems and airports with more flexibly used runways could be the future of flying...
Through analysis of human resilience, particularly in cities, Professor Ash Amin believes that state guarantees of welfare and infrastructure will...
New research aims to ensure that we can exploit the full benefits of the digital world and still protect our online privacy.
Mathematicians are helping to build a better picture of how populations develop immunity to flu and which groups are most at risk of getting – and...
Working with humanitarian organisations in Haiti, Cambridge researchers have found that an information system they designed to track how regions...
New models are being developed to predict how changing land use in the tropics could affect future climate, air quality and crop production.
A community-driven modelling effort aims to quantify one of the gravest of global uncertainties: the impact of global warming on the world’s food...
Threats that cause supply chains and other networks to break down can cascade through today’s interconnected world of social, economic and financial...
This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses risk and uncertainty. To begin, Professor David Spiegelhalter...
Research examines the link between a traumatic upbringing and personality traits which increase the risk of addiction.
Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes under the seabed. Some tsunamis – including the disaster that hit Japan last year – are unexpectedly large...
