by Iliyah | Jun 27, 2018 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
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 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
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...
by Iliyah | Jun 20, 2018 | Engineering & Computer Science, Life Sciences & Biology, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Professor Gert Bange | Dr Wieland Steinchen – Bridging the Gap Between Protein Structure and Dynamics Proteins are present in all living organisms. The unique functions they perform in biochemical processes are dependent on their three-dimensional structure. Dr...
by Iliyah | Jun 20, 2018 | Engineering & Computer Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dr Andreas Heyn – Cutting the Cost of Corrosion $2.5 Trillion USD. That’s the most recent estimate for how much corrosion costs us globally every year. That’s about the same as the Gross Domestic Product of the entire UK. It’s no wonder, then, that there is an...
by Iliyah | Jun 12, 2018 | Engineering & Computer Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dr Gernot Schaller – Maxwell’s Demon: Extracting Energy from Chaos Since it was theorised over 150 years ago, physicists have viewed the concept of ‘Maxwell’s demon’ as a highly desirable yet ultimately unattainable source of energy. For over a century, the...
by Iliyah | Jun 12, 2018 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Engineering & Computer Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Professor Gustaaf Jacobs – Modelling Shock Waves and Particle Interactions in High-Speed Flows Understanding how shock waves, flow dynamics and turbulence all interact and affect the distribution of particles has applications ranging from high-speed vehicles to...
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