by Iliyah | Sep 5, 2018 | Earth and Environment, Physical Science
Professor Friedemann Freund – Changing the Landscape of Geology: Forecasting Earthquakes Imagine a world where we knew about earthquakes before they strike – days before a potentially lethal event. A world with an early warning system that would give us time to...
by Iliyah | Aug 15, 2018 | Physical Science
Professor Elena Aprile | Drs Kaixuan Ni | Luca Grandi – Dark Matter Hunters Professor Elena Aprile and her collaborators, Drs Kaixuan Ni and Luca Grandi, join together with a worldwide consortium of scientists to design massive detectors for identifying the...
by Iliyah | Aug 8, 2018 | Physical Science
Dr Simon Humphrey | Sam Dunning – A New Generation of Chemical Sensors Dr Simon Humphrey and Sam Dunning at the University of Texas at Austin have created a new lanthanide-based chemical sensor that can identify trace levels of water in many different solvents,...
by Iliyah | Jul 18, 2018 | Physical Science
Dr Alfred Msezane – Negative Ion Formation in Complex Heavy Systems When an electron is absorbed by a heavy atom or molecule, a heavy, negatively-charged ion is formed. These negative ions can be used for a wide array of useful applications, from organic solar...
by Iliyah | Jun 27, 2018 | Physical Science
Dr Jeremy Drake – Investigating Our Galaxy’s Largest Star Production Factories to Reveal Stellar and Planetary Origins Star forming regions are dense complexes of young and newly forming stellar clusters, which drive the evolution of galaxies. Dr Jeremy Drake, a...
by Iliyah | Jun 20, 2018 | Physical Science
Professor David Jewitt – Investigating Cosmic Snowballs Professor David Jewitt and his team at UCLA explore the nature of comets. These fleeting visitors to our cosmic shore are important sources of information, and can help to reveal the origin and evolution of...
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