by Admin | Oct 28, 2021 | Articles
Out with a bang: the challenge of measuring explosions Explosions are difficult to study because they happen so quickly and with such destructive power. Yet knowing how they work is important for protecting human lives. So, a team of engineers at the University of...
by Admin | Oct 27, 2021 | Articles
What lies beneath: digging into the soil microbiome Soil is full of a staggeringly large number and diversity of microbes. This microbial community, or microbiome, can help or hinder the growth of plants. Researchers from the University of Manchester in the UK and the...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2021 | Articles
Finding faults Volcanoes are fed by magma that rises through cracks in the Earth’s crust, but we do not really understand how these cracks form and what they tell us about the risks of volcanic eruptions. Dr Craig Magee, from the University of Leeds in the UK, is...
by Admin | Oct 20, 2021 | Articles
From simple to complex: harnessing the laws of nature Though life and the universe are pretty complex, there are underlying rules that govern how they work. Uncovering them is no easy task, but Dr Serim Ilday and her team at Bilkent University in Turkey believe they...
by Admin | Oct 20, 2021 | Articles
What happened when Henry VIII went on tour? Most summers during his reign, King Henry VIII and his court set out from London to visit a different part of England. These ‘progresses’ involved feasts, processions, jousting tournaments, hunting and dancing, serving...
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