Metal-Organic Frameworks: Technology Solving the Water Crisis
Emma Briggs investigates how a recent technological advance in metal-organic frameworks allows for water to be harvested from dry air.
Rise of the Cephalopods
Cephalopod populations around the globe are increasing. What is causing the success for these complex invertebrates?
Unlocking the Mystery of Memory
Do you have perfect recall? Claire Harris explores how accessing your mind palace may be the key to a better memory.
Health Damage by Air Pollution Prevented by Food Supplements?
Eliška Kosová talks about the health damage by air pollution and how vitamin B and omega-3 fatty acids can prevent it.
Pinpointing the Placebo Effect
Gabriela De Sousa discusses the ever-mysterious placebo effect, and a new study which claims to have found a ‘placebo area’ in the brain.
Language Diffusion
Mathematical models from physics can show us how a big language might eradicate a smaller one, Ida Emilie Steinmark finds.
The Invisible Disease: Malaria in Asia-Pacific
Derek Connor discusses the plight of malaria in Asia-Pacific, identifying the problem and what is being done to eradicate this disease; a struggle which has been captured through the lens of Pearl Gan, a Singaporean photographer whom is having her work exhibited at the Singaporean National Library in September 2017.
Science, Communication, and the 21st Century
With the University of Glasgow’s rectorial elections on the 20th and 21st of March, candidate John Lindberg reached out to TheGIST to explain his passion for science communication and its necessity in a fast changing world.
