It’s the big astrophysical whodunnit. Across the Universe, galaxies are being killed and the question scientists want answered is, what’s killing them?

New research published today by a global team of researchers, based at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), seeks to answer that question. The study reveals that a phenomenon called ram-pressure stripping is more prevalent than previously thought, driving gas from galaxies and sending them to an early death by depriving them of the material to make new stars.

Captured image marks an important milestone as AlSat Nano is Algeria’s first CubeSat mission.

Surrey Space Centre (SSC), University of Surrey was responsible for the design, build and verification of the spacecraft including a training program for Algerian students, as well as supporting development of a ground station in Algeria and training their operators.

AlSat Nano stuck to a tight development schedule, with less than 18 months between payload selection and flight readiness, allowing UK industry and academia to stay ahead of the curve in the competitive global CubeSat market.

The University of Calgary Department of Anthropology and Archaeology has a two-year postdoctoral fellowship position available under the supervisions of Dr. Julio Mercader Florin (Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.) from August 15, 2017 to August 14 2019. The salary for this position is $41,000 in the first year and $42,000 the second year. The application deadline is March 31, 2017.

Entering a ‘wheat pan-genomics’ era from single to multiple wheat DNA references, the Earlham Institute (EI) aims to diversify one of the world’s most complex genomes to improve yield quality and increase wider production of this critical food crop.

Uno studio condotto dai ricercatori dell’Università di Milano-Bicocca ha scoperto che il rischio rappresentato dai contaminanti organici persistenti (POP) è mille volte superiore alla soglia di sicurezza per i cuccioli di orso polare che si nutrono di latte contaminato. La ricerca è stata pubblicata sulla rivista “Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry” della casa editrice statunitense Wiley.

Milano, 5 gennaio 2017 – Gli inquinanti minacciano la salute dei cuccioli dell’orso polare. Nell’ecosistema artico il rischio è quasi inesistente per i pesci, relativamente basso per le foche, molto elevato per gli orsi polari e drammatico per i loro cuccioli. Dato che alcune di queste sostanze inquinanti si accumulano nei grassi e il latte di mamma orsa è particolarmente grasso, il rischio per i cuccioli è di tre ordini di grandezza superiore alla soglia di sicurezza: in altre parole, almeno 1.000 volte di più.

Peter Dunfield and Julio Mercader at the University of Calgary Department of Biological Sciences Anthropology and Archaeology have a two-year stipend (minimum $24,0000) available to support a masters student in molecular microbiology starting September 2017.

Doveva essere un semplice collaudo. Invece è stato un successo oltre ogni attesa. CaSSIS, la camera stereo ad alta risoluzione a bordo del Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) della missione europea ExoMars, reduce dalle prime orbite attorno al Pianeta rosso, ha inviato a Terra immagini che hanno lasciato gli astronomi a bocca aperta per la loro qualità. «Sono veramente spettacolari», commenta soddisfatto Nick Thomas, direttore del dipartimento di fisica dell’università di Berna e principal investigator dello strumento.

The Biological Anthropology Program is returning to a six-month interval between competitions for both regular research (Senior) and doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIG).

For the DDRIG competition, this change is effective immediately, in conjunction with the publication of a revised solicitation (17-506). The next DDRIG target dates will be January 20, 2017, and July 20, 2017, and future dates will be January and July 20th of each year.