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 it affects climate change. To improve our understanding,...
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 blind sighted look into the ocean depths Earth is a water world. Although oceans cover 71% of its...
Dr James T. Potemra – Investigating What Goes On At The Bottom Of The Deep Blue Sea
Oceanographer Dr James Potemra and his colleagues at the University of Hawaii’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) monitor one of the most remote places on Earth – the bottom of the ocean – with the ALOHA Cabled Observatory, a high tech suite of...
Professor Andrew Webb – Tumours In The Crosshairs: New Tools To Resurrect An Old Strategy For Targeted Cancer Therapy
Professor Andrew Webb and his undergraduate research students at Wellesley College have developed a highly selective nano-therapeutic that could be used to treat solid tumours. The method involves gold nanoparticles loaded with boron-10, which can selectively...
Professor Ken Sims – Understanding Volcanoes To Help Protect People
Geologist and volcanologist Professor Ken Sims and his colleagues from across the globe want to improve our understanding of active volcanoes in an effort to advance the science of volcanology. But they also want to protect the lives of people living near these...
Dr Jesper W. Gjerloev – Earth Interactions With Space – Do We Finally Understand Them?
Space scientist Dr Jesper Gjerloev and his colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, are part of a world-wide consortium of scientists studying the Earth’s interactions with near Space. Mother Earth’s Magnetic...
American Geophysical Union – Space Physics And Aeronomy
The Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA) section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) is the primary professional organisation for over 2800 scientists, engineers and space weather forecasters across the globe who are actively engaged in trying to understand and...
Dr David Stanford – Improving Our Healthcare System With Queueing Theory
Dr David Stanford’s research at the University of Western Ontario involves applying the mathematics of Queueing Theory to real-world problems in healthcare, such as emergency department wait times and organ donor priority lists. To begin with, what motivated you to...
Professor Nita Sahai – Geochemical Beginnings: How Minerals May Have Played A Key Role In The Origins Of Life
Professor Nita Sahai, of the University of Akron, studies the geochemistry underlying protocell formation and evolution, with a view to understanding the origins of life. This fascinating research is applicable to understanding both how life started on our own planet,...
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
On the 14th of September 2015 scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime for the very first time. These ripples, known as gravitational waves, arrived at Earth from a cataclysmic event in the...
Dr. Sharon Ruthstein – The Importance Of Copper In The Human Cell
Dr. Sharon Ruthstein researches the biological pathways involving metal ions, especially copper, by using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy. Here, she discusses the importance of copper in the human body and the implications for future diagnostic and...
The Small Business Administration
Small businesses are the creators of jobs and the driving force behind the US economy. Recognising this truth, the US government established the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 1953 in order to help Americans start and develop their own small businesses. As...
Dr Raz Zarivach – The maker of magnets
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Dr Hitomi Nakamura – Understanding the processes of the multiple subduction plate boundary around Japan
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Hirofumi Sakai – Manipulation of Molecular Quantum States
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Professor Ehud Meron – When physics and ecology unite
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