The development is led by PhD student Jessica Fennell, who has had a special ‘Fennell Reserve’ whisky created by The Glenlivet in her honour, the project is intended to help prevent the closure of the distillery during dry period
Keeping Plastic Out of Landfills
Tackling the mixed-plastic challenge using a custom-designed material called polydiketoenamine (PDK)
#Covid in Prison: Revealing the Dark Impact of the Pandemic
“one of the darkest and most hidden results of the pandemic, the true effects of extreme lockdown and confinement on prisoners and ultimately, on the public .” – Mark Johnson User Voice
Deadly Attraction
“The chemical signals act as pheromones that bewitch male flies and cause an incredible urge for them to mate with lifeless female carcasses. “Henrik H. De Fine Licht
New Research: Epidemic Outbreaks Amongst Livestock & Farmer Response
“The FEED project adds far greater realism, understanding the different factors that drive farmer behaviour in the face of an emerging disease.” Professor Matt Keeling from the University of Warwick
TV Advertising: The Big Switch Off
“you had to actually get up, walk across to the TV (probably a rental) and turn a dial or press a button on the machine to switch over.”
When a star is shredded
“One of the craziest things a supermassive black hole can do is to shred a star by its enormous tidal forces.” Wenbin Lu, UC Berkeley assistant professor of astronomy.
Help Monitor The Ring of Brodgar With Your Photos
Monument Monitor is a citizen science project – visitors are asked to send in their images of the Ring of Brodgar and other sites across Scotland.
Whale Song in the Arctic
For the first time ever, researchers have succeeded in passively listening to whales — essentially, eavesdropping on them — using existing underwater fibre optic cables.
Songs are Being Learned by Whales on Shared Migration
This really indicates a level of ‘cultural transmission’ beyond any observed non-human species.” Dr Jenny Allen