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Girls’ participation in maths – and indeed all STEM subjects – has long been a topic of global concern. In particular, schools, educators and parents have sought out strategies to keep girls [...]

Maryna Viazovska, a Ukrainian who is now a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is known for proofs for higher-dimensional equivalents of the stacking of equal- [...]

Mathematicians who have studied the most efficient way to pack spheres in eight-dimensional space and the spacing of prime numbers are among this year’s recipients of the highest award in [...]

The Fields Medal is widely regarded as the maths equivalent of a Nobel Prize. However, only one female mathematician has won it in 86 years. Experts say redressing the gender imbalance will [...]

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AMSI congratulates members of the mathematical sciences community elected as 2022 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.

AMSI welcomes Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese and the incoming Cabinet, following the Australian Labor Party’s election to Federal Government.

High school maths enrolments have collapsed to unprecedented low levels, sabotaging Australia’s shift to a “clever country” of tech-savvy workers, reports The Australian.

New data released today by AMSI reveals Year 12 student enrolments in mathematics have dropped to an alarming new low, compromising Australia’s future workforce.

Jordana Hunter, of The Australian, has reported on the critical need to change the way maths is taught in Australian schools.