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Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematics and Statistics
Brilliant mathematician, teacher, musician and friend, Professor Pieter Hofstra…
Pieter Hofstra (1975-2022), who passed away suddenly in May 2022, was a dedicated teacher and a creative and brilliant scientist.
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sc.
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sc.
Doing More with Less: Realizing the Potential of Olefin Metathesis for a Greene…
Catalysts are known as agents of change. That’s not just a metaphor. Catalysts make possible reactions that would otherwise be energetically unattainable.
Physics
Physics
Magic Mirror on the wall, Who’s the Bubbliest One of All?
You have probably heard of the famous Schrödinger’s Cat paradox — a thought experiment involving a hypothetical cat placed in a box with radioactive materials, where the cat is simultaneously dead and alive.
Earth and Environmental Sc.
Earth and Environmental Sc.
The life journey of Kik the mammoth
Majestic, immense, and extinct — mammoths were not expected to have walked almost twice the circumference of the Earth over the span of their lives. This is what a team of scientists co-led by Professor Clément Bataille found when analysing an Arctic woolly mammoth tusk.
Biology
Biology
Zebrafish could help treat human spinal cord injuries
Have you ever thought of the similarities you share with zebrafish? On the surface, zebrafish and humans appear to be polar opposites, yet according to numerous studies, they share about 70% of protein-coding genes. In addition, many neurons in the spinal cord of zebrafish are also found in humans, making zebrafish powerful tools in biomedical research.
