by Iliyah | Jan 3, 2018 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dr Dan Durda – Studying the Surface of Asteroids by Investigating Powder in the Lab Space scientist Dr Dan Durda and his team at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, are working to understand how the planets in our Solar System evolved. The...
by Iliyah | Dec 6, 2017 | Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Bretislav Friedrich – The Exacting Task of Bringing Molecules to Attention Molecules are relentlessly dynamic – vibrating, cartwheeling, and zigzagging in a restless hustle. In order to study molecular properties and interactions, their motions must be tamed to...
by Iliyah | Dec 6, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Engineering & Computer Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Professor Setthivoine You – Hope for Humanity in the Energy Crisis: Astronomical Jets in a Lab If we consider Earth as a closed box in which humanity has only ever lived, the second law of thermodynamics says that in the end, inevitably, the box will reach a...
by Iliyah | Dec 5, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Engineering & Computer Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Pound | Kane | Martinez | Remington – Creating the Eagle Nebula Pillars in the Lab The ‘Pillars of Creation’ is one of the most iconic images ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, but the processes that formed these colossal tendrils of the Eagle Nebula are...
by Iliyah | Dec 5, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dr Mark Giampapa – Studying Our Changing Sun by Getting to Know its Relatives Astrophysicist Dr Mark Giampapa of the National Solar Observatory with his team from astronomical centres in the US and Europe try to understand how the magnetic activity of the Sun...
by Iliyah | Dec 5, 2017 | Engineering & Computer Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dr Andrew K. Udit – Calling in the Bioelectrician In the world of chemistry, the search for new and improved catalysts is of great importance. Inspired by a family of vital biological molecules, cytochrome P450 catalysts could be the way of the future for...
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