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The Storr

November 11, 2016
The Old Man of Storr with the Milky Way in the background.

Putting the sun in a box…

November 11, 2016
Last month, Ian Chapman stepped into his role as CEO of the national nuclear fusion resource – the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Aged 34, he is one of the youngest...

Spectral emission explains galactic evolution

November 7, 2016
Astronomers have measured the intensity of oxygen emission lines over the history of the universe to better understand how galaxies form.

Telescope trio capture solar wind collisions

November 1, 2016
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have taken the highest quality images of Eta Carinae’s stellar winds colliding, an event that which will aid learning of star evolution and death.

Fluorescence imaging technique created

October 27, 2016
Microscopy experts have designed and built a fluorescence-detection microscope that combines 3-D and high resolution image processing, with potential uses for biomedical research.

Martian water loss documented

October 25, 2016
The amount of hydrogen – and therefore water - ejected from Mars is dependent on the proximity of the Red Planet to the Sun as it orbits, scientists have discovered.

ESA accept probe landing failure

October 20, 2016
ESA scientists have announced that the ExoMars Schiaparelli did not survive its landing onto the Red Planet.

Luminous light ‘created’ by researchers

October 20, 2016
Scientists at the University of Vermont in the US have discovered a method to artificially create luminescence that could have a range of potential applications such as medical dyes and...

Mechanisms of nearby star uncovered

October 17, 2016
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian centre have discovered our neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri, has more in common with our Sun than previously thought. A small red dwarf, it is orbited by...

It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it…

October 13, 2016
After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE on the strange world of quantum biology

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