Mathematical modelling of infectious disease dynamics employs quantitative frameworks to describe and predict how pathogens spread within and between populations. Core approaches include compartmental ...

Two scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a way to calculate the approximate speed of disease spread between distant places via ocean travel hundreds of years ago.

Mathematical modelling of neurodegenerative diseases seeks to characterise how pathological proteins misfold, aggregate and propagate through the brain’s intricate networks. By combining principles ...

Imagine tens of thousands of mosquitoes, first as eggs in water containers, then as larvae and pupae, eventually flying away as adults to mate and lay eggs. Every day there is a chance they will not ...