Holly Leslie reflects on the origin of this year’s Nobel prize-winning, CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and explores how scientists are beginning to use gene editing approaches on their quest for new medical treatments in hereditary disease.
Jordan Murray reviews ‘Scotland’s Science: Stories of pioneering science, engineering and medicine (1550 – 1900)’ by John Mellis.
Liam Macpherson discusses what we can expect from 5G networks and explains why coronavirus transmission fears are unfounded
Online role-playing games invite players to become heroes, but Dzachary Zainudden proposes it has potential for teaching about pandemics within its virtual environment.
Coming back to Earth from outer space is as much a challenge as sending probes and spacecraft into space. Deep Bandivadekar, an aerospace PhD student, explores what it takes to return safely from outer space and a new frontier of research: transpiration cooling
Jordan takes a look into the world of AI generated images, and investigates the ugly side of data manipulation.
Realism has always been held up as the ultimate goal of new animation technology; now that goal is within sight, and the result is making audiences recoil. Katrina takes a look at the movie ‘Cats’ and the phenomenon known as uncanny valley.
What can the science of mental health apps tell us about digital support during COVID-19?
Pint of Science 2019: The Art of Science
21 Jun, 2019
🎉 Really important announcement!
🧑💻 We are looking for people that would be willing to support the Europlanet communication team during #EPSC2021 through the social media and media internships 👉 Find out more and spread the voice: https://www.europlanet-society.org/european-planetary-science-congress/epsc-2021-social-media-and-media-internships-call/
It's AGM day, and we will be voting in our new board! Come along to welcome our new members at 5pm BST:
Towards the end of 2020, I wrote another article for the latest issue of @GlasgowGist magazine telling the story behind CRISPR-Cas9 technology 🧬✨And it’s now up on our website! #sciencewriter #scicomm #CRISPR #research #sciencetwitter #NobelPrize2020
https://the-gist.org/2021/01/control-cut-crispr-how-bacteria-won-this-years-nobel-prize/
ELECTION UPDATE: Due to the great level of interest in our Head of Copyediting role, we are no longer accepting new applications for this role. This is for Head of Copyediting only - if you are interested in any of our other roles, get in touch at [email protected] 📖💻🎙️
