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...technologies, but this does not mean that we do not have an arsenal of other techniques to try and find those pesky critters. The cascade of the chemical reactions of life is messy and leaves a series of footprints in the environment when it happens, what we call biosignatures – these can range from minerals, to organic molecules, or gases, just to mention a few. Gases...

...technology more viable, it also provides an environmental advantage: methane is a harmful greenhouse gas. This is by no means the only use for waste coffee grounds. As a relatively pure and essentially free waste stream, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs have looked into various ways of putting it to use. Burn coffee for low-cost fuel For a few years now, Nestlé...

...technology and bridge construction – what does an engineer look like? You don’t have to wear overalls to excel in the sector. Transcript. 3. Women are too timid to be engineers Historically, female engineers might have struggled to hold their own in a room full of male colleagues. Diana Thomas McEwen knows, first hand, that this simply isn’t the case any more. “I...

...Technologies, and are able to track asteroids as they move across the sky each night. Since the publication of this article, the observatories have undergone a significant upgrade. For an up-to-date list of technical details, please visit our specifications page here. Using these telescopes, we study the properties and compositions of asteroid surfaces to characterise...