Analysis of over 50 years’ worth of bird-sighting data has shown that some species of trans-Saharan migratory birds are spending over 60 days longer in their summer breeding grounds.
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NASA’s Artemis missions will land the first woman and the first person of colour on the moon. SciTech editor Caitlin Painter discusses the importance of this, as well as outlining why we need to go back to the moon.
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The N8 CIR, which includes Durham University, has recently been recognised as a chapter of Women in High Performance Computing. This, along with university societies and technology initiatives, is helping Durham become one of the top destinations for women in Computer Science.
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“I think it’s really important for women to not feel alone”: SciTech Editor Caitlin Painter speaks to Durham University’s Dr Leah Morabito about her work capturing high-resolution images of galaxies, and her experience as a woman in STEM.
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More than 70,000 antennae located across Europe form LOFAR, the radio telescope capable of producing the most detailed images of galaxies ever captured. Dr Leah Morabito of Durham University led the team behind these high-resolution images.
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New research involving Durham University’s Professor Simone Scaringi has discovered a link between the size of Supermassive Black Holes and their feeding patterns.
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Dr Christopher Prior led Durham University’s involvement in research studying the entanglement of the Sun’s magnetic field, pioneering the use of the topological quantity known as magnetic winding.
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10 years ago, we predicted flying cars. Instead, we got Twitter and step trackers. Considering that many Fourth Industrual Revolution technologies are considered luxury and unaffordable, Caitlin Painter asks, has the Fourth Industrial Revolution failed to deliver?
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“Two years of a maths degree has taught me almost nothing about female mathematicians” – Caitlin Painter reflects on women in maths for international women’s day.
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In October 1992, an embryo was frozen by an anonymous couple. It remained frozen for over 27 years until thawed and transferred into the uterus of a woman unable to conceive naturally. Born in October 2020, Molly Gibson is believed to hold the record for the longest frozen embryo to result in a birth. Caitlin Painter reports.
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