Can plants help us explore Mars?
Giulia Manigrasso discusses how plant biology can inspire planetary soil explorations.
Category: Snippets
Birds, bullet trains and biomimicry
From trainers to high-speed transport, Alex Brumwell discusses the art of biomimicry and nature’s influence on our everyday lives.
Perovskites – the best material you’ve never heard of
From the simple structure under the earth’s crust to incredible energy conversion advances, Bradley Wilson introduces perovskites and discusses their potential in materials development.
Garlic and onions in cancer chemistry
Salvia Novianti Widjaja talks about the interesting interactions of garlic and onions in the mechanisms of breast cancer
Four fishy facts about electric eels
Shocking new research has revealed not one, but three, species of electric eel exist. Read on for some high-voltage facts about these fish.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms – the silent killer
Maisie Keogh investigates how this devastating condition progresses, its associated risk factors and the screening measures currently in place to combat it.
Space debris stirs up Twitter spat
Michael Turner explains the problems that may arise from the rise in satellites and potentially overlapping trajectories.
Not so many cuckoos in the nest
Climate change gave Scotland an unusually warm summer, but our migratory birds are paying for it.
