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Date
04 February 2021 - 15:48

Seven things I want you to understand about autism

Rebecca Ellis, an autistic PhD researcher in autism care pathways, and a science communicator, shares current thinking on autism.

Tags
Equal opportunities and diversity, Scientific research
Date
09 January 2019 - 09:00

How to find international collaborators for your research

Sandy Sparks, Learning and Development Consultant at the University of Warwick, gives her best advice for finding and maintaining a collaboration. 

Tags
Scientific research, Professional development
Scientist holding a glowing stick
Date
30 October 2018 - 10:15

My four-question checklist for a research proposal

On #ChecklistDay, biochemistry PhD researcher Eoin Murphy shares the checklist he uses to design research proposals.

Tags
Science, Scientific research
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus
Date
06 March 2018 - 12:45

'The virus has not gone away' – four researchers discuss Zika

We spoke to four scientists working internationally to tackle the social impact of the disease and combat the virus itself across Brazil.

Tags
Scientific research, Women and girls, Equal opportunities and diversity
Person walking away from the camera on a dark road in the mist
Date
31 October 2017 - 13:03

Are you afraid of the dark (matter)?

How do we begin to visualise dark matter, and how does it differ from dark energy? Dark matter enthusiast Anna Christodoulou takes us on a tour of the unseen world this Halloween.

Tags
Science, Scientific research
'We may reach a point where artificial intelligence could become too advanced.' Image (c) Tomasz_Mikolajczyk, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
28 September 2017 - 10:00

Have robots taken over the world?

Are we already too late to save ourselves from our robot overlords? Engineer and Bulgarian FameLab 2017 contestant Veselin Rusinov weighs in.

Tags
Science, Scientific research, Technology
Date
27 September 2017 - 14:05

What’s life like on an international space station?

The European Space Agency's Professor Mark McCaughrean explains, among other things, what ‘international’ means when you put this word in space.

Tags
Science, Scientific research, Technology
'The rise in ocean acidity levels is causing clown fish larvae to lose their ability to tell which are the best habitats for them to settle.' Image (c) nile, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
18 September 2017 - 20:02

How do fish talk to each other?

There are more than 230,000 species of marine life in our ocean. So how do they communicate? We asked FameLab finalist and marine chemical ecologist Dr Mahasweta Saha.

Tags
Science, Scientific research
'At least 70 per cent of colorectal cancers are preventable by changes in dietary and lifestyle habits.' Image (c) melati 411, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
06 June 2017 - 01:07

Your poo can warn you about cancer

Paying attention to your bathroom habits could save you from a life-threatening form of cancer. Nicole Phoebe Tanner, who won the FameLab Hong Kong final, explains.

Tags
Scientific research
Floor-heating systems that send hot air into a hollow space under the floor to heat a room or bath exist since Roman times. Watercolour by General Eduard von Kallee, 1884 (c) public domain, adapted from the original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rottenburg_Sumelocenna_by_Eduard_von_Kallee.jpg
Date
14 September 2015 - 14:54

Eco houses are coming back after centuries

What makes a house eco-friendly and how has the technology changed over time? Dr Bilsay Pastakkaya, who received a British Council grant to work with fellow researchers in the UK, explains.

Tags
Architecture, Science, Scientific research, Arts
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