Works of art shed new light on climate change
Paintings, watercolours and prints can be used by those who manage Britain's coastlines to look back in time and better understand the threat of rising sea levels and climate change. The risks of flooding, marine erosion and landslips are a hot topic for engineers, planners and coastal managers as well as for people who live on vulnerable coasts... — full story
Cooper pairs
— 17 September 11:30Schematic representation of the delocalised Cooper pairs of electrons superimposed on the localised bond centred patterning of pseudogap excitations... — full story
Ventastega curonica
— 17 September 11:30With the skull shape of an early tetrapod, but proportions like a fish, an exceptionally well-preserved braincase fossil of the species Ventastega curonica from the Late Devonian of... — full story
Mauritius parrot
— 17 September 11:30Mauritius parakeet (Psittacula echo) - A once critically endangered species of parrot now under threat from a highly contagious virus may be offered a renewed chance of survival by... — full story
Rosette Nebula
— 17 September 11:30This is an image of the centre of the Rosette Nebula, as imaged in Hydrogen alpha emission in the IPHAS survey. The centre of this HII region, where the exciting star cluster (NGC 2244)... — full story
Works of art shed new light on climate change
— 19 November 20:12Paintings, watercolours and prints can be used by those who manage Britain's coastlines to look back in time and better understand the threat of rising sea levels and climate change.... — full story
'Nanobamas' fuse art, science, technology and politics
— 15 November 20:14A University of Michigan professor has created 3-D portraits of the president-elect that are smaller than a grain of salt. He calls them 'nanobamas.' John Hart, an assistant professor... — full story
'Green' art museum to open in Buffalo, New York
— 13 November 14:12When the Burchfield Penney Art Centre at Buffalo State College opens to the public 22 November, it is expected to be the first art museum in New York State to be certified by the Leadership... — full story
Centre for intercultural dialogue opens in Oregon
— 31 October 15:38University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer spoke about the significance of hosting the first UNESCO chair in intercultural dialogue in the U.S. at a reception on Wednesday, 29 October... — full story