By Jack Robinot, Doctorant en sciences de l'ingénieur, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Alexis Paillet, Chargé de projet vaisseaux spatiaux, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES)
Stéphane Abanades, Directeur de Recherche, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Sylvain Rodat, Chargé de recherche, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
As lunar missions are back in vogue with engineering more sustainable human presence on the Moon in mind, there’s no getting away from the fact that you can’t breathe on a satellite that has no atmosphere.
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By Mélissa Morel, Chercheure en métallurgie et en archéologie, University of Cambridge
Anne Mayor, Maître d'enseignement et de recherche en archéologie et anthropologie, Université de Genève
Ladji Dianifaba, Maître de conférence en archéologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
How was iron produced 2,000 years ago in Senegal? A recent study at the Didé West 1 archaeological site, in the Falémé Valley in eastern Senegal, sheds light on an ancient iron production technique.
Passed down from generation to generation for nearly eight centuries, this technology appears to have been developed to meet local needs. African archaeology specialists Anne Mayor, Mélissa Morel and Ladji Dianifaba explain the significance of this discovery and what it reveals about the…
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By Toumani Traoré, Doctorant en Science Politique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Power struggles often play out in Senegal’s political arena, both within a party and between rival parties. To summarise British foreign minister Lord Palmerston’s argument in 1848:
In politics, there are no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
The situation at the top of Senegal’s executive branch is no exception.
The Sonko-Diomaye duo, formed…
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By Dominic Royé, Investigador Ramon y Cajal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Head Climate Change & Health research group, University of Bern
Aurelio Tobias, Associate professor, Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA - CSIC)
Carmen Íñiguez, Profesora en el Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universitat de València
Coral Salvador, Senior Research Assistant, University of Bern
Picture a sweltering summer’s day. Now imagine enduring the heat while eight months pregnant. Uncomfortable, to say the absolute least.
But in pregnancy, heat is more than just a nuisance, as for many women it can trigger early labour. A premature baby – meaning one born before 37 weeks of gestation – faces a significantly higher risk of mortality, as well as health complications that can affect them for the rest of their lives.
Decades of research has documented the link between exposure to heat and preterm births. However, most studies have been limited to a single city…
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By Sophie James, Lecturer in Security & Protection Science, Lancaster University
James Cronin, Professor in Marketing and Consumer Culture Studies, Lancaster University
The Backrooms began with a single image: a claustrophobic warren of tawdrily yellow, windowless rooms with aged carpets and harsh overhead fluorescent lights.
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By Beth Johnson, Professor of Television & Media Studies, University of Leeds
The key issue is no longer simply who gets into television, but who can afford to stay and build a long-term career.
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By Farhang Morady, Reader in International Development, University of Westminster
The war between Iran, the US and Israel has escalated into a major global crisis, with consequences that are reaching far beyond the Middle East. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 25% of the world’s oil ordinarily passes, has rattled global energy markets.
This has only been worsened by the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, which was imposed on April 13 in an attempt to restrict Iran’s ability to export its oil. In early May, the US Defense Department estimated that Iran had been denied…
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By Helen Pearson, Honorary Professor of Practice, Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL
In 1959, a young doctor named David Sackett stumbled on a clinical trial that would change his life – and most of ours. The study showed that conventional wisdom on bed rest in medicine was wrong. And it helped lead Sackett and others to develop evidence-based medicine, in which doctors today make decisions based on rigorous scientific research.
It was a necessary corrective. The history of medicine is littered with practices once assumed to…
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By Oli Buckley, Professor in Cyber Security, Loughborough Cyber Institute, Loughborough University
You can wear a mask, pull up a hood, avoid looking at a camera – but you cannot easily change how you walk.
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By Iwan Rowlands, Senior Research Assistant in Welsh Institute of Performance Science, University of South Wales
Research reveals why recovery is often neglected, and what all of us can learn about building routines that actually last.
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