by nick | Feb 22, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dark Is The New Black Eighty-four percent of the matter in the universe is made of something we cannot see, cannot detect, can only guess at based on the gravitational shadows it leaves in the visible universe. Sounds crazy? Welcome to the world of dark matter, where...
by nick | Feb 22, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Professor Urs Schaltegger – Using Radioisotopes In Volcanic Crystals To Measure The Age Of The Earth Professor Urs Schaltegger, with his colleagues in the Isotope Geochemistry Group at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, analyse isotopes of Uranium and Lead...
by nick | Feb 22, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Professor Arthur Devries – Cold As Ice: Antifreeze Proteins In Polar Fishes Professor Arthur DeVries of the University of Illinois is the discoverer of anti-freeze proteins in polar fishes, which enable them to survive and thrive in polar environments, where...
by nick | Feb 22, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dr Joyce Penner – The Ice Cloud And Climate Puzzle Figuring out how the highest clouds in the sky behave means understanding how ice forms at high altitude. This is especially true when trying to quantify the impact of human activity on their formation and how...
by nick | Feb 22, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Professor Helmut Segner – Shrinking Fish Stocks: The Effect Of Environmental Sex Hormones On Immunity The size of fish catches from rivers has reduced to alarming levels in many countries. Professor Helmut Segner of the University of Bern in Switzerland is...
by nick | Feb 22, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering & Computer Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dr Karen Bemis, Dr Darrell Jackson, Dr Guangyu Xu – The Last Unexplored Places On Earth It takes a multidisciplinary approach involving physics, chemistry, biology and geology to uncover the mysteries of the least explored and understood places on Earth. A...
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