Tag: Iceland
From T-patterns to T-strings to T-societies: What makes humans unique?
Over half a century ago, Professor Magnus S Magnusson, now at the Human Behavior Laboratory of the University of Iceland, set out to define what separates humans from all other animal species. By detecting and analysing interaction patterns of behaviour from the nanoscale to human scales, he discovered T-societies in both proteins and humans. This breakthrough led to the realisation […]
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Combating corrosion in geothermal wells
Geothermal energy holds the potential to harvest vast amounts of energy from within the Earth’s crust. So far, however, exploitation of geothermal energy can be limited by corrosion – which damages the metal pipes required to carry high-temperature steam generated deep underground. In a new experiment, Andri Thorhallsson and Sigrun Karlsdottir at the University of Iceland show how the problem […]