Modelling

Environment
How whales struggle to navigate in a sea of noise pollution
New modelling shows that as noise from shipping and other human activities surges, whales will find it increasingly harder to successfully migrate

Sciences & Technology
The new model powering faster flood predictions
A new simplified hydrodynamic model provides a practical and effective solution to predict flooding quickly – reducing forecasting time from days to seconds

Environment
The smallest marine microbes share nutrients – briefly
Fleeting interactions between the smallest phytoplankton and bacteria help to shape global ocean productivity

Health & Medicine
The steps we can take to combat COVID-19 in 2023
New computer modelling suggests that ongoing vaccinations and early public health measures are the most effective responses to future COVID-19 variants

Health & Medicine
Using mathematics to treat malaria
Parasite resistance to anti-malaria drugs is a growing challenge, but by using mathematical models researchers can track different types of resistance to help agencies target effective treatments

Sciences & Technology
Forecasting landslides from space
A new data-driven tool uses satellites to accurately predict devastating natural disasters before they occur – locating potential land failures to protect at-risk communities

Health & Medicine
Charting our way back to normal
A new web tool, COVID-19 Pandemic Trade-offs, allows people to weigh the costs and benefits of different policy responses as Australia rolls out vaccines and considers opening borders

Health & Medicine
So, Victoria, what do we do now?
It’s now mathematically impossible that Melbourne will reach its COVID-19 case target to release to Step 3 of the Roadmap soon - but how might we open up a little and beat the disease modelling?

Health & Medicine
Rating Victoria’s COVID-19 Roadmap
Epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely gives Victoria’s Roadmap out of the COVID-19 restrictions 8 out of 10 – noting there may be scope for easing some restrictions sooner

Health & Medicine
Locked and loaded: Using genomic sequencing to target COVID-19’s weak spots
COVID-3D, a new open-access tool harnesses SARS-CoV-2 genomic and structural information to help ensure therapeutic efforts remain effective