12. September 2007
Podcast: The Chair of the EuroDYNA Scientific Committee speaks about his achievements and his involvement
Coling Logie, Chair of the EuroDYNA Scientific Committee, speaks about scientific achievements through the EUROCORES Programme EuroDYNA (Dynamic Nuclear Architecture and Chromatin Function) and his personal experiences, at the ELSO Conference, Dresden, Germany in September. [more]
20. June 2007
ESF EUROCORES Programme OMLL helps uncover ancient human behaviour
A major question in evolutionary studies today is how early did humans begin to think and behave in ways we would see as fundamentally modern? One index of ‘behavioural modernity’ is in the appearance of objects used purely as decoration or ornaments. Such items are widely regarded as... [more]
10. June 2007
What makes Mars magnetic?
Earth’s surface is a very active place; its plates are forever jiggling around, rearranging themselves into new configurations. Continents collide and mountains arise, oceans slide beneath continents and volcanoes spew. As far as we know Earth’s restless surface is unique to the planets in our... [more]
5. June 2007
All change at the Earth’s core
Pressures and temperatures at the Earth’s core are stupendous – more than 3.5 Mbar and 7000K – and currently it is impossible to recreate these conditions in the laboratory. Our information about the core comes from observing the way that seismic waves travel through the core, extrapolating from... [more]
1. June 2007
Keeping the Earth’s plates oiled
Beneath continents the asthenosphere appears at around 150km depth, while under oceans it can be as shallow as 60km. Above the asthenosphere lies the lithosphere: a more rigid layer that includes the crust. By 220km depth the asthenosphere comes to an end and the mantle goes back to a less flexible... [more]
17. May 2007
Jaap Sinninghe Damsté awarded the Vernadsky Medal, at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, for innovative use of biomarkers
In April 2007, the Dutch scientist Jaap Sinninghe Damsté was presented with the prestigious Vernadsky Medal at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Sinninghe Damsté, from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ, was awarded this medal for his cutting edge work in the... [more]
16. May 2007
Investigating coral reefs to help understand past and future climate change
Increasing Earth temperatures and rising sea levels. Both of these are effects of climate change. The current concern is that human activity is changing our climate at a rate well above the natural climate cycling. Understanding how the Earth’s climate system works and responds to human impact is... [more]
11. May 2007
Searching for a biofilm formula
What do 'newly emerging' teeth of small children and a stone in a riverbed have in common? Within a very short time countless bacteria and micro-organisms are to be found on their surfaces. They constitute a so-called biofilm. Tom Battin from the department of limnology und hydro botany at the... [more]
11. May 2007
Protecting the biodiversity of microbes
European and American scientists discussed the biodiversity of microbes during an European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop organised by Tom Battin (University of Vienna) and Peter Frenzel (Max-Planck-Institute Marburg) at the “WasserCluster” Lunz last week. In conclusion to the meeting, the... [more]
25. April 2007
International Review Panel commends ESF’s efforts in collaborative research
A detailed Review Panel Report submitted to and approved by the ESF Governing Council on 19 - 20 April 2007 outlines how to best develop the EUROCORES (European Collaborative Research) Scheme, one of the European Science Foundation’s most successful instruments, in the future. The Scheme currently... [more]
