An Origami Bird Unfolded by Radon

Otmar Scherzer, who is one of the organizers of next week’s Radon conference in Linz, speaks to the Austrian newspaper Der Standard and explains the

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ECMI 2018 CONFERENCE: BUDAPEST, 18-22 June 2018

The next conference of ECMI will be held in Budapest between 18 and 22 June 2018. The conference will be organized by the János Bolyai

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Why do bubbles in Guinness go down?

With St. Patrick’s Day fast approaching, it is the best time to recall some interesting physics associated with Ireland’s favourite drink, Guinness. Anyone who has

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The rise and (potential) fall of Leicester City

Depending on one’s political outlook, 2016 may be remembered for all the wrong reasons. Yet before all the doom and gloom of Brexit, Trump etc.

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A new approach to understanding human behaviour

My name is Susan Fennell and I am a first year PhD student. My area of research is social psychology, the study of how a

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Ulam Computer Simulations Workshop – 2017 Lviv, Ukraine, June 21-24

  In 2017, 70 years will elapse from the invention of the Monte Carlo method – one of the greatest numerical algorithms to solve the

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How do they do it in other countries? Industrial and academic collaborations that is!

Simon Kaar For the individual, the pros of working in an academic setting are that you get to ask your own questions, questions that are

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Mathematics-in-Industry NZ Study Groups How we do it in New Zealand

Mark McGuinness, Adjunct Professor, University of Limerick, Professor of Applied Math, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ   Mathematics in Industry Study Groups have been very successful in

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Applied mathematics in stent development

Dr Tuoi Vo Coronary artery disease is a global problem and devising effective treatments is the subject of intense research activity throughout the world. Over

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Experience of a visiting PhD student

My name is Tomokatsu Onaga. I am a visiting research student at the MACSI group of the University of Limerick. I am PhD student in

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