A noted Indian-origin academic in the UK believes that applying mathematics to living systems can reveal new biological insights and point towards potential therapies with real societal benefit.

Oxford professor Philip Maini says mathematical modelling can guide better cancer treatment. His work on adaptive therapy ...

Researchers have developed a three-dimensional mathematical model of prostate cancer. The model depicts various processes, including tumour growth, genetic evolution and tumour cell competition.

Mining is one of the industries that’s helped by mathematical modelling: models can predict ceiling collapses and keep miners safe. Sunshine Seeds/Shutterstock/For editorial use only Imagine dropping ...

This is the great mystery of human vision: Vivid pictures of the world appear before our mind’s eye, yet the brain’s visual system receives very little information from the world itself. Much of what ...