Modelling glass sheets to minimise manufacturing ripples

By Nick Ryan Glass is endlessly recyclable with no loss of quality in the raw material and has a wide range of uses. Cutting-edge technologies

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Microfibre filtration in washing machines

by Torin Fastnedge Microfibres from our clothes make up around 35% of the primary microplastics found in our oceans – plastics that originate from household

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Oxford. Software solutions to bridge the ‘outcome–impact gap’

IntroductionFiltration is a prevalent industrial process that may prove crucial in addressing some of the most important public health and environmental challenges of our time.

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Oxford. Mathematical Modelling of Face Coverings

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the important role face coverings can play in protecting the wearer and others from aerosolised pathogens. Public health organisations and regulatory

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The contamination crisis and a filtration fix: Two modelling frameworks for particle filtration

By Arkady Wey FiltrationFiltration is the separation of particles from fluid, usually by passing it through a membrane (Figure 1). It is used extensively for

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Mathematical modelling of washing machines and tumble dryers

By Torin Fastnedge and Chloe Bernard Research estimates suggest that up to 35% of the microplastics found in our oceans originate from our clothing, specifically

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The mathematics of chemical decontamination

by Ellen Luckins Following a chemical weapons attack, it is crucial for public safety that any hazardous chemical agent remaining in the environment is properly

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Using mathematics to realise the potential of a novel soil-based filter.

The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta is a global hotspot for arsenic groundwater contamination. Naturally occurring arsenic concentrates in water drawn from deep tube wells, creating a major

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How mathematics can help to solve the current water crisis

Population growth, drought and contamination mean that water quality and quantity concerns are one of the largest environmental issues facing the world today. As a

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Mathematics in the glass industry

Peter Howell has been working in Oxford on extensional thin layer flows with application to the glass industry for the last 20 years. He first studied

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