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To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...carbon-nitrogen water that is essential for life and these very early studies found that there was barely any volatiles present on the moon and that it was a born dry planetary body. However, in 2008, Saal et al published a paper looking at green glass which is produced in firefight interruptions to the moon surface and they found significant quantities of volatiles...
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...carbon budget. That is now firmly engrained in the Working Group One contribution in the summary for policymakers, and made it all the way up into the synthesis report and became a unifying principle for the joint messages of the working group, one, two and three in the synthesis report summary for policymakers. The carbon budget is essentially the sum of all the carbon...
Hot rolling
Science, Maths & Technology

Hot rolling

...carbon and alloy steels stainless steels aluminium alloys copper alloys titanium alloys nickel-based alloys With hot rolling it is easier to deform difficult-to-work metals than with cold rolling. Cast ingot structures, at heavy deformations and at temperatures where recrystallisation occurs, promote recrystallisation. Control of the sheet temperature can produce...
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Orbital forging
Science, Maths & Technology

Orbital forging

...carbon and low-alloy steels, stainless steels, aluminium alloys and brasses. Powder compacts can be orbitally forged to increase their densities to near theoretical. This is a type of powder forging. Design: Process is used to produce components with large-diameter flanges up to 150 mm dia. Components include bevel gears, claw clutch parts, wheel discs with hubs, bearing...
Sniffing out signs of life
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out signs of life

...carbon. As temperatures change, different volatiles become more prominent; think about the difference between the smell of rising dough and the smell of baking bread coming from a hot oven! Smells or odours aren’t always detectable by the human nose but they are present in much of the Earth and its atmosphere, forests, oceans and cities (Figure 2). VOCs can be produced...
Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can we be categorised by our DNA?

...footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula’, Nature Communications 10(551). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w Chacón-Duque, JC., Adhikari, K., Fuentes-Guajardo, M. et al. (2018) ‘Latin Americans show wide-spread Converso ancestry and imprint of local Native ancestry on physical appearance’, Nature Communications 9(5388)....
Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...carbonate); the cave is probably a result of the mining activity. The miners did not leave anything interesting for the geologist! Around this time, using computer models started to become a major component of Earth sciences, so it seemed like a good area to get into. For my PhD, I studied rocks in the Earth’s lower crust, beneath the Barents Sea, in the Arctic. My...
Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO
Education & Development

Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO

...carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, or nature-based solutions. Participating in Model United Nations simulations on climate policy or health equity, or contributing to global citizen science projects, helps them develop skills in communicating science across cultures, working collaboratively on transnational issues, and understanding science’s role in diplomacy and...