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Globular Clusters - The Stars that tell us the History of the Universe
Vinny Vince explores a newly observable facet of our ever-expanding universe and how it could tell the beginnings of time! Globular...
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SATNAVmagazine
- Sep 27, 2023
- 2 min
The Use of Algae as a Biofuel... in Space?
Francis Himsworth looks at the viability of using algae as a renewable biofuel for extra-planetary missions and potentially as one when...
SATNAVmagazine
- Sep 19, 2022
- 3 min
Accident and Negligence: Will our Safety Always be Compromised?
Francis Himsworth looks at the integration of chemicals in our society, and how the unknown long-term side effects of everyday chemicals...
SATNAVmagazine
- Sep 19, 2022
- 3 min
Dinosaur Discoveries: A Series of Accidents and Coincidences
Harry T. Jones examines and contextualises the intriguing events that triggered monumental discoveries in the dinosaur world....
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 28, 2022
- 2 min
What lurks under the sea
Kayley Thacker considers the thrilling untapped potential the aquatic world holds for mitigating society's most critical concerns. Is the...
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 28, 2022
- 2 min
Organocatalysis - A Greener Molecule
Francis Hemsworth outlines and argues for the use of Organocatalysis as a more sustainable cataylist. A whopping 90% of all commercially...
SATNAVmagazine
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
It's not rocket science: How effective communication is key to preventing future space calamities
Charlotte Tomlinson looks at the disasters of space travel that were all down to communication
SATNAVmagazine
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
Radium and corporate greed that glows
Esme Morgan transcends back in time to when raising awareness of the dangers of radium was non-existent
SATNAVmagazine
- Jun 6, 2021
- 4 min
Time travel: tall tale or technology of tomorrow?
Harry T. Jones explores the establishment of time travel in fiction and fact
SATNAVmagazine
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Mount Paektu: the geological mystery on the China-North Korea border
Matthew Morris investigates the mystery magma behind Mount Paektu
SATNAVmagazine
- Feb 1, 2021
- 5 min
A not so dark tale on dark matter
Anwesha Sahu debunks the dark matter myths that are all too often portrayed by Hollywood. Let’s take a little trip down memory lane to...
SATNAVmagazine
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
Life on... Venus?
Giles Manning reports on the recent detection of phosphine gas on Venus and how this impacts our current understanding of the origin of...
SATNAVmagazine
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Dancing with the stars
Charlotte Tomlinson delves into space by discussing recent research that proves Einstein's theory of relativity. Scientists have observed...
SATNAVmagazine
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Revolutionary or ridiculous: the link between solar activity and earthquakes
Matthew Morris discusses the link between solar activity and earthquakes. Earthquakes are destructive natural events, causing an average...
SATNAVmagazine
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
"Science for the sake of science" - should we be landing mankind on the Moon again?
Mia Wroe explores whether money going towards sending mankind to the moon again for ‘Plan B’ is the right thing to do. The undeniable aim...
SATNAVmagazine
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
Fusion: Future or Failure?
Samaiyah Rehman investigates ITER and its efforts to bottle a star. The same phenomena that fuels the Sun could be used to produce...
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 22, 2020
- 2 min
The Natural Nuclear Reactor: Lessons for the Future
Matthew Morris looks to the past in solving the problem of high-level radioactive waste. Around two billion years ago, something strange...
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 14, 2020
- 3 min
Famine, fire and fluorosis
Daisy Cave rediscovers an 18th Century tragedy
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2019
- 2 min
Quantum technology in the UK
Get ready for the quantum leap with Eddie Ross
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min
Self-Sabotage
Louisa Spillman explores the space debris crisis
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min
Earth 2.0: Mars
Anwesha Sahu explores whether Mars could be our new home
SATNAVmagazine
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
Didn't she do well? NASA's TESS reveals new exoplanets
Adam Dorey reports on newly discovered planets in 2019
SATNAVmagazine
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
Moving on up: looking for a new planet to inhabit
Oliver Ratcliffe investigates the factors that must be considered before moving to another planet
SATNAVmagazine
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
The Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics
Patrick Regan demystifies the Many Worlds theory
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
Working with the 'other world:' the noble work of Nikolay Semyonov
Marriyum Hasany discusses the advances in chain reaction chemistry that emerged from the Soviet Union
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2019
- 2 min
Venus: the second planet of the Solar System
Eloise Smith uncovers the past and present of Earth's so-called 'sister planet'
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2018
- 2 min
Oblivion: the death of the universe
Patrick Regan examines the theories behind the inevitable end of the universe
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2018
- 3 min
A matter of time
Nicholas Folidis explores the quantum conundrum of the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2018
- 3 min
Causal wizards and DeLoreans
Callum Gill explores the link between causality and different concepts
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2018
- 2 min
History is repeating itself for Birmingham’s theoretical physicists
Chris Oliver discusses the current research on topological phases of matter, as it was once done in the 1970s
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2018
- 3 min
Why must we follow time’s arrow?
Luke Kurowski-Ford analyses the significance of entropy as an obstacle to time travel in a macroscopic world
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
Space travel and exploration in popular culture
Nicholas Folidis explores space travel in popular culture: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2017
- 3 min
Geoengineering: a radical way to fix the climate or an imminent threat to humanity?
Nicholas Folidis explores how geoengineering could save our planet
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2017
- 3 min
Nature's very own nuclear reactor
Bethany Rothwell looks back on how Mother Nature beat nuclear scientists to the punch
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2017
- 2 min
Can carbon capture and storage solve climate change?
Ronan Dubois investigates carbon capture and its potential to revolutionise the fuel industry
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 31, 2017
- 3 min
Spotty stars and exoplanets
James Miller considers the role of spotty stars in our search for habitable planets
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2017
- 3 min
Chemtrails: is the government trying to poison us?
Bethany Rothwell takes to the sky and assesses the supposed impact of jet plane 'chemtrails'
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2017
- 2 min
Are pennies deadly if dropped from a skyscraper?
Stephen Ashlee dispels a common misconception and alerts us to the real danger of killer pens
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 1, 2016
- 3 min
What a load of hot air!
Marion Cromb and Daniel Thomas reveal the invisible beauty of the world around us with schlieren imaging
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2016
- 3 min
Astronomical superstars
Marion Cromb explores the cosmic contributions of the women of Observatory Hill
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2016
- 3 min
Revealing structure: X-ray crystallography
Amy Thompson revisits the technique that science has overlooked
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2016
- 2 min
Ludwig Prandtl: the father of modern aerodynamics
Take smooth flights for granted? Siddharth Trivedi meets the man behind the mechanics
SATNAVmagazine
- Mar 1, 2016
- 2 min
Plenty of room at the bottom?
Visionary or mere daydreamer? Siddharth Trivedi investigates Feynman’s contributions to nanoengineering
SATNAVmagazine
- Dec 1, 2015
- 2 min
Thorium: the nuclear fuel of the future?
Thorium in nuclear power is described by its proponents as a “superfuel”. But what makes it better than what we have now?
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