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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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Dr Min Xu, a statistician specialising in network analysis at Rutgers University, has developed a probabilistic model that can determine how a network has grown, which not only has applications in epidemiology, but is also useful in social science, genetics and counter-terrorism efforts. What is a network? “A

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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Emil is using mathematical tools to develop models of education and labour markets, which allow him to definitively state how efficiency can be maximised to improve education and labour market policies. “For How does economics combine mathematics and social science? What has Emil discovered?

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Scientific model — a conceptual or mathematical representation of a real-world phenomenon that allows scientists to study the phenomenon in more detail. Joanna believes the third pillar of scientific discovery is computer simulation, a technique which is becoming increasingly popular. Scientific imaging in physics.