mathematics

VCE mathematics ignores the needs of girls

13 Dec 2011, 9.55 AM

Fewer girls enrol in challenging VCE mathematics subjects, and girls still have lower expectations of their mathematics abilities than boys, a recent study from the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education has found.

Carbon emissions strategy tool - a first for Australian industry

24 Feb 2010, 2.59 PM

University of Melbourne mathematicians have developed a software tool to help maximize investment and minimize the cost of carbon emissions compliance.

One nano-step closer to weighing a single atom

27 Jul 2009, 9.44 PM

By studying gold nanoparticles with highly uniform sizes and shapes, scientists now understand how they lose energy, a key step towards producing nanoscale detectors for weighing any single atom.