by Admin | Apr 28, 2020 | Articles
Can the agricultural sciences tackle inequality? Dr April Ulery is based at New Mexico State University in the US and leads the ‘Raising the Gates’ project. The aim of this initiative is to give underrepresented students the skills they need to succeed in...
by Admin | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog
Celebrating vaccinations and their role in global health By now, we are all acutely aware of how a vaccine can change lives and, while researchers are frantically working on a Covid-19 vaccine, celebrating World Immunisation Week (24th to 30th April) should help us to...
by Admin | Apr 22, 2020 | Articles
Using mechanically engineered robots to feed the world Dr Dan Flippo is an associate professor at Kansas State University in the US. His laboratory, 2050RL, is trying to find technological solutions to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050 and beyond...
by Admin | Apr 17, 2020 | Blog
How to conquer a catastrophe with ‘a little bit of math and a little bit of science’ Friday 17th April, 1970, saw the world gripped as the Apollo 13 astronauts re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere after a disastrous, and ultimately aborted, mission to the Moon. The...
by Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Blog
Talking and collaborating with your children is just as, if not more, important than home schooling Although the typical school day is divided into structured periods of learning based on a subject area, we all know that children are learning and developing personal...
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