by nick | Feb 23, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Education & Training, Engineering & Computer Science, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Kimberly Kowal Arcand – Somewhere, Outside The Rainbow NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory orbits high above the earth, beaming back images of the high-energy universe impossible to obtain from the ground. Bringing this data to the world is Kimberly Arcand,...
by nick | Feb 22, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Professor Yongkang Xue – Anthropogenic Contributions To The Sahel Mega-Droughts Geography and climatology researcher Professor Yongkang Xue at the University of California, Los Angeles, has shown for the first time, in a series of studies using multi-model...
by nick | Feb 22, 2017 | Astronomy and Planetary Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Dr Tony Lui – Investigating Plasma Storms And Substorms In Our Near-Earth Backyard Space physicist Dr Tony Lui has spent four decades increasing our understanding of the mechanisms behind the magnetic disturbances and interactions of space plasma surrounding our...
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, 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...
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