Elemental My Dear Chemist
This week saw the news that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) have decided that two new elements can be added to the periodic table.
Category: Snippets
Armageddon Out of Here
The threat of an asteroid hitting the Earth and destroying all human life is a constant worry for astronomers, Armageddon hypothesisers and those with a nervous disposition; however their concerns are not completely unfounded (remember the dinosaurs?).
Monkey Business
Evidence has shown that only humans and great apes have self-recognition – the ability to recognise themselves in a mirror – a cognitive facility that has so far eluded the common monkey.
University of Strathclyde students send craft into near space
A team of final year Electrical and Mechanical Engineering students at the University of Strathclyde are believed to have become the first in the UK to design and launch an advanced craft (otherwise known as a payload) into near space, propelled by a large helium balloon.
Back Pain? Great Grandpa Might Hold the Answer…
New and old are coming together in a bid to develop new treatments for chronic back pain.
Don’t Cry for Me…
We usually associate tears with sadness and misery, however new research has revealed that they may actually have an additional meaning.
Can Giraffes Float?
An online debate on this subject spurred Dr Darren Naish to investigate it further using computational analysis to predict a giraffe’s buoyancy in water and its potential swimming ability.
