TEDx GU Aftermath
As promised, in the beginning of the month we attended the 2015 TEDxUniversityofGlasgow conference – how could we have missed it, with so many inspiring ideas to be spread? We stepped in expecting outstanding...
Category: Physical Sciences
Podcast 13: TEDxUniversityofGlasgow Launch
theGIST was invited to attend the TEDxUniversityofGlasgow launch event. Tune in to hear our coverage of the event, including interviews with speakers and attendees.
Power Up Your Ideas Factory with Edinburgh International Science Festival
In 2015 Edinburgh International Science Festival transforms into The Ideas Factory – a hub for information, ideas and innovation. Audiences are invited to get their thinking caps on as big ideas transform the halls,...
The Evolution of Nanotechnology
In 1959, Nobel Prize winning physicist Professor Richard Feynman gave a lecture titled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”. In this lecture he outlined the possibility for a new scientific field, which we have come to know as “nanotechnology”.
theGIST at #TEDxGU
You probably already know how much we love going out and reporting on everything science and tech-y happening in Glasgow and its surroundings. This weekend is no exception: we will be out and about...
Miniaturisation of the Kelvin Water Dropper Experiment
Residents of Glasgow will undoubtedly be familiar with the fair West End of the city, home to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and the surrounding park, through which the River Kelvin flows, as well...
Combined data from the Planck satellite and BICEP2 rules out detection of primordial gravitational waves
In March last year, members of the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP2) experiment, based in Antarctica, announced results that appeared to contain measurements of an elusive physical phenomenon named primordial gravitational waves....
Big Investment in Science of the Small
Since the advent of the 21st century, more and more industries have had to adapt and develop at breakneck speed in order to keep up with the demands of our modern world. The science...
