Levelling Up: Maths for Computer Science is a scheme supported by the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science to provide students from underrepresented backgrounds with online tutoring ...

How does a computer represent letters? In this episode of Maths Matters Julie Gould and Phil Smyth look into the different codes used to translate binary into letters. PLUS, Julie goes undercover ...

The binary or base 2 system works in the same way. But as there are only 2 possible digits to work with, 1 and 0, the multipliers in the columns have to be 2 times higher than the ones on the right.

A group of MIT boffins have worked out that computer programming does not use the same part of the brain associated with language or writing or solving maths problems. The team of neuroscientists ...