Women in Leadership – A Research-Based Christmas Wish List

Following on from the launch of WinSET (Women in Science, Engineering and Technology) and because it’s Christmas, it seemed a good time to bring this video to your attention.

Numberphile (Can Fish Count)

In this series, we are presenting videos from the Numberphile Videos (Web Site) project. This project is a colllection of videos about numbers. The video below looks at Can Fish Count? Previous blog entries on this topic can be seen seen here (this is a link to entries tagged with numberphile videos).

Periodic Table of Videos (Lithium – 3 – Li)

In this series, we are presenting videos from the Periodic Table of Videos (Web Site / YouTube) project. This project shows a short video about each of the chemical elements. The video below looks at Lithium, which has an atomic number of 3 and the symbol Li. Previous blog entries on this topic can be …

How to publish your research (Videos)

At one of the leading Evolutionary Computation conferences earlier this year, there was a session on how to get your research published. Below is a link to the various videos that resulted from that session (the sound quality could do with being improved, but the messages are important).

iSTREC Road Safety Innovation Challenge 2013

Although this is not particularly about resaerch, we thought that it was interesting enough to put on this blog. It would also be useful if you could disseminate to all your students as this blog (or more precisely, the newsletter), does not go to undergraduate students. We have recently recieved this email: Greetings from Agensi …

RI Christmas Lectures

If you are not familiar with the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (or even if you are) you might be interested in their Christmas Lectures web site. Each year, a renowned scientist is invited to present a series of lectures. They are mainly aimed at children but they are a fascinating way to get to know …

Psyfile (Is Psychology a Science?)

In this series, we are presenting videos from the PsyFile Videos (Web Site) project. This project is a colllection of videos of videos that focus on Psychology. This video asks the question, Is Psychology a Science? Previous blog entries on this topic can be seen seen here (this is a link to entries tagged with …

Numberphile (Pi and the size of the Universe)

In this series, we are presenting videos from the Numberphile Videos (Web Site) project. This project is a colllection of videos about numbers. The video below looks at Pi and the size of the Universe. Previous blog entries on this topic can be seen seen here (this is a link to entries tagged with numberphile …

Xtreme Everest: The Highest Research Lab in the World

“In two giant tents on the icy ground of Everest base camp, a team of scientists have been conducted some breathtaking research into the effects of low oxygen conditions. Established by Dr Dan Martin in 2007, ….” Nothing to do with UNMC, nothing to do with the research being done here, I just thought that …

Molecular Videos (Coke and Pepsi)

In this series, we are presenting videos from the Molecular Videos (Web Site) project. This project covers a range of molecules and compounds. The video below looks at Coke and Pepsi. Previous blog entries on this topic can be seen seen here (this is a link to entries tagged with molecular videos).