9. July 2007
LEE (formerly LESC)’s Ceulemans among the most cited Plant Science authors in Europe
Professor Reinhart Ceulemans, the Vice-dean of the Faculty of Sciences and the head of Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology at the Universiteit Antwerpen, has been named one of the 30 most cited European authors in Plant Science during 1999-2005 by Lab Times. Professor Ceulemans also... [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]
13. April 2007
ESF-LEE (formerly LESC) Travel Grants for the Aquaculture Twin Event– Invitation for Applications –
A limited number of travel grants are available from the European Science Foundation, principally aimed at European young researchers, to support their active participation in the Aquaculture Twin Event in Patras, Greece on 11-12 June 2007: www.aquaculture-event.eu . The event is supported by... [more]
