The Butrous Foundation Science Prize
Fiona Jenkinson (Chief Editor of Young Scientists Journal) awarded “The Butrous Foundation \” Science Prize today
7 Recommended Apps from the Apple App Store
Some recommended apps that can be downloaded from the Apple App Store: Solar Walk, described below. 1.TED This app is a video library of talks given by some of the world’s most fascinating people, free to download and watch. The official TED app has all the talks that can be found on …
Science Photography Competition 2013 FAQs
FAQs: YSJ Photography prize 2013 What are the themes? This year saw the second annual Young Scientists Journal Photography Competition. We invited students aged 18 and under to take photos using any camera, phone, or other device to compete for prizes according to their age group, related to a scientific theme. These included: the general …
Science Photography Competition 2013 – now closed
The Young Scientists Journal (a free online journal for scientists aged 12-20 run by a team of 12-20 year-olds) is launching a science photography competition. Click here to submit a photo or click the link below! We invite students aged 18 and under to take photos using any camera, phone or other device to compete …
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Marshmallow-like sponge useful in clearing oil spills
Researchers from Japan have for the first time created a ‘marshmallow-like’ superhydrophobic aerogel that acts effectively as a sponge to soak up hydrocarbons and can then be ‘wrung out’ and reused. Previous materials of this type have been created with varying success due to shortcomings that would affect large-scale clean up (for example, on the …
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Hearing hair cells grown in mice reverse deafness
The hairs in the ear that detect sounds (auditory hair cells) have been grown in mice whose hair cells had been damaged. The mice did not have their full hearing restored, but an increase in their measured hearing threshold was recorded. Rows of the auditory hair cells in the ear: Deafness due to hair cell …
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Antarctic drilling difficulties
On Saturday the search for life beneath the ice in the Antarctic ran into a complication with the main boiler used to heat the water that powers the drill by melting through the thick ice. A circuit controlling the primary burner – required to start the boiler and so begin drilling – failed to start …
Voyager 1 nears interstellar space
The Voyager spacecraft have been on a trajectory towards the edge of the solar system for 35 years, since they completed their first mission to tour the outer planets. Voyager 1 is currently the most distant man-made object from Earth and is close to becoming the first to enter interstellar space, the region outside of …
Britain to Australia in four hours and the future of space flight
Passengers can to fly to Australia in four hours (instead of around 23 hours) with the help of a new engine cooling system invented by British scientists to revolutionise space flight. The new ‘Sabre’ (Synergistic Air-breathing Rocket Engine) cycle air-cooling system engine is capable of cooling the air entering it from 1,000°C to -150°C …
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