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Sperm against the stream

27 May 2014

Research may explain how sperm travel long distances, through difficult terrain, to reach an egg.

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Does economics need less maths or more?

11 Apr 2014

Has mathematics become too complex and too dominant a force in modern economics? Yes, says Cambridge Judge Business School’s Michael Kitson; no, says...

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Strings that surprise: how a theory scaled up

04 Mar 2014

In August 1984 two physicists arrived at a formula that transformed our understanding of string theory, an achievement now recognised by a major...

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Taking maths outside the classroom

31 Jan 2014

Teenage mathematicians and their teachers were welcomed into the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Mathematical Sciences for two workshops...

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Lunch atop a Lego crane

How do you solve an Engineering interview?: i-want-to-study-engineering.org launched today

23 Oct 2013

Goats, game show hosts, eyeballs and pirates are going to help the next generation of engineers win places at leading universities, thanks to a new...

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Rice terraces in the Philippines

A step towards increasing crop productivity

09 Oct 2013

A breakthrough in understanding the evolutionary pathways along which some crops have become significantly more productive than others may help...

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Hay Festival crowds

Cambridge makes Hay

08 Apr 2013

A host of Cambridge academics and alumni will speak about subjects ranging from obesity and smart drugs to US politics and domestic service at this...

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Violin -- closeup

String theories: the mathematics of the violin

07 Mar 2013

The screeching produced by children starting out on the violin has curdled the blood of many a parent over the centuries. A pre-concert talk at the...

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Particle or wave...

Mathematical breakthrough sets out rules for more effective teleportation

17 Jan 2013

New protocol advances solutions for more efficient teleportation - the transport of quantum information at the speed of light.

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Hurricane Katrina

The Mathematics of Extreme Climatic Events

07 Dec 2012

Symposium marks the UK launch of the worldwide initiative Mathematics for Planet Earth 2013.

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Poincare

Festival of Ideas explores a 'colossus of physics, philosophy and mathematics'

25 Oct 2012

A University of Cambridge academic is to describe how the insights of a great nineteenth century French mathematician and theoretical physicist...

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Faculty of Mathematics

Rethinking maths for the 21st century

24 Oct 2012

A new maths programme will seek to rethink post-16 maths in light of our changing understanding of the subject.

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