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Why is engineering design important for all leaners?
Engineering design systematically identifies needs, wants, and problems and then devises solutions to address them. A central component of our work is guiding students in the engineered design of solutions to local environmental problems.
Ensuring healthier pets through improved nutrient precision in pet foods
Improved nutrient precision in pet foods is critical to pets, people & planet; Dennis E. Jewell, PhD from Kansas State University & Matthew I. Jackson, PhD from Hill’s Pet Nutrition, explain.
Switching between different identities, the example of Paul the Apostle
Prof Dr Felix K Maier, Professor for Ancient History at University of Zurich, uses the example of Paul the Apostle to illustrate switching between different identities.
RR-TB treatments, testing bedaquiline and injectable kanamycin
Here, Professor Andre Nunn from Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, explores tuberculosis with a focus on RR-TB treatments (rifampicin-resistant) and their drug combinations.
Biodiversity COP15 – A stepping stone towards effective access and benefit sharing
Here, Dominic Muyldermans and Markus Wyss explore the opportunities and challenges on the journey towards effective access and benefit sharing across the globe.
Psychedelic therapies are returning to psychiatry
Professor Erika Dyck, Canada Research Chair in History of Health & Social Justice at the University of Saskatchewan, looks to psychedelic therapies outside the pharmaceutical industry to aid mental illness.
A search for primary evidence of Earth’s ancient atmosphere and climate
Robert Rainbird, a research scientist working for the Geological Survey of Canada, a division of Natural Resources Canada, looks at the geological evolution of...
Ultrananocrystaline diamond (UNCD™) coatings for new generations high-tech/ medical devices/prostheses
Materials science, integration strategies, properties and more for the unique biocompatible Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD™) coating.
PopART: Universal testing and treatment to stop HIV spread
Here, Professor of Epidemiology & International Health Richard Hayes explores and details the PopART study and other trials of Universal Testing and Treatment, a promising strategy to reduce HIV spread.
Weathering the storm: Exploring flooding in agriculture
Christine Sprunger, the Assistant Professor of Soil Health at Michigan State University, aims to understand how the flooding in agriculture has increased with climate change and how farmers can better adapt.
Tracking animal migration with stable isotopes
Keith A. Hobson from Western University and Environment and Climate Change Canada, walks us through tracking animal migration with stable isotopes, starting with some background information.
Getting to know the subsea mapping company MMA Global Aqua
Jared Low, Project Manager at MMA Global Aqua, talks about his first impressions at the subsea mapping company and his predictions for the company’s future.
Kinematic redundancy: Kinetics for use with redundant manipulators
Kousuke Okabe, an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, explores kinematic redundancy and the redundant manipulator using the Grassmann algebra.
The idea of self-organisation in biology and its critics
Using the example of Alan Turing’s paper on morphogenesis, Ute Deichmann at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev explores self-organisation in biology.
Updating services for people with younger onset dementia and their caregivers
Researchers from the Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing analyse the services available for people with younger onset dementia, looking to improve the lives of those affected and their carers.
How do we envision the sustainable society we want to create?
Here, Professor Masahide Sakamoto uses Japanese pollution research as a case study for thinking about and understanding how to create a sustainable society.
Sustainable plant & crop production systems in Europe
Professor Laura Grenville-Briggs shares her stance on working together to counter the threat of oomycete diseases, focussing on trans-sectoral approaches to support sustainable plant...
FMRI neurofeedback: Novel interventions for depression
Kymberly Young, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, discusses neurofeedback as a novel non-invasive intervention for depression.
Real-time monitoring to reduce the risks of nuclear radwaste repositories
Despite the immense potential benefits of nuclear power, many people are concerned about the dangerous radioactive waste, or radwaste, it generates.
Pioneers project: Looking inside planetary interiors
PIONEERS European project develops the next generation of instruments that will reveal planetary interiors, explains Professor Raphael F. Garcia from ISAE-SUPAERO.
