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The Story Collider: Communicating the stories of science

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Erin Barker discusses The Story Collider, a non-profit organisation that helps scientists tell stories about modern technologies and inventions that have an impact on modern life

The Story Collider is an organisation with a simple yet vital task: to collect and relay stories about science. This task is fundamentally collaborative, involving an assortment of global voices […]

The M-Factor: An experiential learning student competition

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The M-Factor competition provided an experiential learning opportunity for engineering students.

How might the format of reality TV shows be adapted to the academic environment to help engineering students develop management skills? That was the aim of a research project devised […]

Optimisation of truck-drone parcel delivery using GRASP

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Professor Sarab AlMuhaideb has developed a new algorithm to minimise the delivery time for combined truck and drone delivery

Parcel delivery has traditionally been handled by trucks, but rapid technological developments in autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles means that drones are now being used to support parcel delivery. Professor Sarab […]

Blood–brain communication: Essential for regulation of autonomic nervous system and optimal health?

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Professor Alastair V Ferguson researches blood–brain communication and s has focused on understanding how our brain controls many critical variables – including glucose, oxygen, blood pressure and electrolytes to maintain optimal body function and avoid issues with hypertension or obesity.

Professor Alastair V Ferguson leads an interdisciplinary neuroscience research group at Queens University in Canada, studying the central nervous system with a specific focus on understanding changes in brain function […]

An instrument for measuring Assessment for Learning (AfL) in the classroom

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Professor Michael O'Leary and fellow researchers developed a tool that can be used in research for measuring change in Assessment for Learning (AFL) classroom practices over time.

This article introduces educational researchers to the Assessment for Learning Measurement instrument (AfLMi). Based on research by Zita Lysaght and Michael O’Leary at Dublin City University, in partnership with Larry […]

Permafrost’s photosynthetic microorganisms thrive in the Arctic

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Drs Vishnivetskaya and Rivkina study the biogeochemical processes of microbial communities in areas of permafrost, such as the Siberian tundra, as well as their functionality after being frozen

Permafrost is found across the Arctic and Antarctic – perennially frozen landscapes that can harbour microscopic life. Researchers Dr Tatiana Vishnivetskaya from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Dr Elizaveta […]

The Multi-Objective Portfolio Optimization Tool: Helping the pharmaceutical industry manage its portfolio

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The pharmaceutical industry is responsible for developing and providing life-saving drugs, yet this industry, like most others, needs to make a profit to survive. The industry’s dynamic portfolio has many […]

Geopolitics of the illicit global economy

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Drs Brown and Hermann aim to map 'black spots' across the globe where illicit activities take place across international boundaries

‘Black spots’ are the safe havens that offer a base of operations for transnational criminal, insurgent, and terrorist organisations. At the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse […]

Rib fracture pain and disability: Do we need a more aggressive approach after all?

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$Dr Benoît-Bédat investigates the effectiveness of rib-fixation surgery in managing long-term pain in patients with uncomplicated rib fractures$

Rib fractures are the most common injury after thoracic (chest) trauma, accounting for approximately two-thirds of cases. The main challenge in treating them is controlling the associated pain that can […]

Linking Icelandic silica sinters to life on Mars

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Dr J Javier Álvaro investigated the biomarkers left in Icelandic sinters which could give indications about what life on Mars may be

Piecing together the picture of the origins of life on Earth and throughout our solar system is a driving force for scientific research. Icelandic silica sinters provide clues about microbial […]