2015

Nowadays, Schubert¡¯s music sounds differently compared to 200 years ago. To find out why, the body language of pianists is now being analysed.

A completely new type of mathematical logic from the University of Oslo has the potential to improve intelligence services worldwide. The US Army has already expressed keen interest.

Bacteria that talk to one another and organize themselves into biofilms are more resistant to antibiotics. Researchers are now working to develop drugs that prevent bacteria from communicating.

We tend to think of the Middle Ages as grotesque and dreary. However, 13th century elites made use of laughter quite deliberately ¨C and it resounded most loudly when it was at someone else¡¯s expense.

Remnants of the genetic makeup of plague bacteria have been found in thousands of victims of the Black Death and the major plague epidemics at the end of the Iron Age. The DNA analyses may predict the next plague outbreak.

Top researchers will now be using mathematical modelling and heavy computations to understand how the brain can both remember and learn.

Cancer researchers are now using one of the world's fastest computers to detect which parts of the genetic code may cause bowel and prostate cancer.

Quantum chemical calculations have been used to solve big mysteries in space. Soon the same calculations may be used to produce tomorrow¡¯s cancer drugs.

One of this century¡¯s most significant mathematical discoveries may reduce the number of measuring points to one-sixth of the present level. This means reduced exposure to radiation and faster medical imaging diagnostics.