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Old grain, new gain
Could an ancient grain hold clues to today’s agricultural resilience? Archaeologist Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė studies ancient plant remains, chemical traces and isotopic evidence to piece together the history of a grain that may have fallen out…
Could an ancient grain hold clues to today’s agricultural resilience? Archaeologist Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė studies ancient plant remains, chemical traces and isotopic evidence…
Could an ancient grain hold clues to today’s agricultural resilience? Archaeologist Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė studies ancient plant remains,…
Could an ancient grain hold clues to today’s agricultural resilience? Archaeologist Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė studies ancient plant remains, chemical traces and isotopic…
Could an ancient grain hold clues to today’s agricultural resilience? Archaeologist Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė studies…
The ear that won't keep quiet
The ear can hear an astonishing range of sounds and even produce sounds of its own. Francesco Gianoli wants to understand how it achieves such extraordinary sensitivity. As he prepares to set up a new laboratory in Madrid, the openly queer physicist…
The ear can hear an astonishing range of sounds and even produce sounds of its own. Francesco Gianoli wants to understand how it achieves such extraordinary sensitivity. As he prepares…
The ear can hear an astonishing range of sounds and even produce sounds of its own. Francesco Gianoli wants to understand how it achieves such…
The ear can hear an astonishing range of sounds and even produce sounds of its own. Francesco Gianoli wants to understand how it achieves such extraordinary sensitivity. As…
The ear can hear an astonishing range of sounds and even produce sounds of its own. Francesco Gianoli wants to understand…
What happens when differences meet
For much of his career, Fabrice Roux kept one part of himself out of the laboratory. Now he is putting it in plain sight. Roux is an openly LGBTQIA+ scientist and ecological genomicist, and one of the three researchers leading an ERC Synergy Grant…
For much of his career, Fabrice Roux kept one part of himself out of the laboratory. Now he is putting it in plain sight. Roux is an openly LGBTQIA+ scientist and ecological genomicist…
For much of his career, Fabrice Roux kept one part of himself out of the laboratory. Now he is putting it in plain sight. Roux is an openly LGBTQIA+…
For much of his career, Fabrice Roux kept one part of himself out of the laboratory. Now he is putting it in plain sight. Roux is an openly LGBTQIA+ scientist and ecological…
For much of his career, Fabrice Roux kept one part of himself out of the laboratory. Now he is putting it in plain sight…
What access to technology feels like
Accessibility is not a checklist for Katta Spiel, it is a lived practice. An intersex, non-binary, neurodivergent HCI researcher, Spiel asks adeeper question: what does access feel like, and how does the work ofgetting there shape the experience…
Accessibility is not a checklist for Katta Spiel, it is a lived practice. An intersex, non-binary, neurodivergent HCI researcher, Spiel asks adeeper question: what does access feel…
Accessibility is not a checklist for Katta Spiel, it is a lived practice. An intersex, non-binary, neurodivergent HCI researcher, Spiel asks adeeper…
Accessibility is not a checklist for Katta Spiel, it is a lived practice. An intersex, non-binary, neurodivergent HCI researcher, Spiel asks adeeper question: what does…
Accessibility is not a checklist for Katta Spiel, it is a lived practice. An intersex, non-binary, neurodivergent HCI…
What the universe reveals about time
Physicists can model the first instants of the universe - but they still struggle to explain time itself. To tackle this puzzle, Silvia De Bianchi turns to an unlikely ally: the history of philosophy. Drawing on thinkers from Plato to Kant, she…
Physicists can model the first instants of the universe - but they still struggle to explain time itself. To tackle this puzzle, Silvia De Bianchi turns to an unlikely ally: the…
Physicists can model the first instants of the universe - but they still struggle to explain time itself. To tackle this puzzle, Silvia De Bianchi…
Physicists can model the first instants of the universe - but they still struggle to explain time itself. To tackle this puzzle, Silvia De Bianchi turns to an unlikely ally:…
Physicists can model the first instants of the universe - but they still struggle to explain time itself. To tackle this…
Why are we not living longer?
After decades of steady gains in life expectancy, progress has begun to stall. For Jennifer Dowd, this unexpected shift raises urgent questions about the social, economic, and biological drivers shaping how long we live.
After decades of steady gains in life expectancy, progress has begun to stall. For Jennifer Dowd, this unexpected shift raises urgent questions about the social, economic, and…
After decades of steady gains in life expectancy, progress has begun to stall. For Jennifer Dowd, this unexpected shift raises urgent questions about…
After decades of steady gains in life expectancy, progress has begun to stall. For Jennifer Dowd, this unexpected shift raises urgent questions about the social, economic,…
After decades of steady gains in life expectancy, progress has begun to stall. For Jennifer Dowd, this unexpected shift…
How maths turned music into medicine
From an early age, Elaine Chew believed mathematics shaped every aspect of life. She now uses mathematical models of music to understand how sound changes our heart – and how it could help prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular disease.
From an early age, Elaine Chew believed mathematics shaped every aspect of life. She now uses mathematical models of music to understand how sound changes our heart – and how it could…
From an early age, Elaine Chew believed mathematics shaped every aspect of life. She now uses mathematical models of music to understand how sound…
From an early age, Elaine Chew believed mathematics shaped every aspect of life. She now uses mathematical models of music to understand how sound changes our heart – and how…
From an early age, Elaine Chew believed mathematics shaped every aspect of life. She now uses mathematical models of music…
How AI is reshaping the rules of war
Wars have always tested the limits of what states are prepared to do. Ingvild Bode studies how the rise of AI powered autonomous weapons is once again shifting those norms – and what this means for the rules meant to govern the use of force.
Wars have always tested the limits of what states are prepared to do. Ingvild Bode studies how the rise of AI powered autonomous weapons is once again shifting those norms – and what…
Wars have always tested the limits of what states are prepared to do. Ingvild Bode studies how the rise of AI powered autonomous weapons is once…
Wars have always tested the limits of what states are prepared to do. Ingvild Bode studies how the rise of AI powered autonomous weapons is once again shifting those norms –…
Wars have always tested the limits of what states are prepared to do. Ingvild Bode studies how the rise of AI powered…