Cracking graphite to help extend life of nuclear power stations
Using advanced materials analysis to help extend the lifespan of two nuclear power reactors, with substantial financial and environmental benefits.
Finding the individuals within the school: personality in fish
While we await the answers to these broader questions regarding the personalities of fish, perhaps the acknowledgement that they are individuals will advance our ethical treatment of fish.
Out of the home office: MIT Knight Science Journalism Food Boot Camp
Despite having a daily bombardment of a million and one ways to either die or get fat from eating….we all seem to religiously partake in the endless display of delicious food that is provided for us.
Some welcome feedback – a warm fuzzy for a cold December day
When I hit the ‘send’ button, I just hope that my changes are helpful, that I haven’t accidentally slaughtered the science in the process and that the review panel will now have a better chance of understanding the importance of this research. But I will never know for sure.
Working with editors: do pitches really just disappear into the abyss of an inbox?
Even the non-responsive editor will no doubt eventually reply to the most persistent writer, but part of me thinks that if I have to try that hard to get a response, would I really enjoy working with you anyway?
Making a case for impact
An impact case study needs to summarise as much as 15 years of research and define the impact it has had in the past 5 years, including evidence, all within four pages of accessible text – this is where I come in.
Ground monitoring equipment is deployed on two Ethiopian volcanoes showing signs of unrest
“Deformations such as these are typically attributed to magma accumulating and moving underground…”
Headed for the volcanoes of Ethiopia
Alutu, is located between Lake Zway and Lake Langano and it last erupted approximately 2,000 years ago.
An occupational hazard of science writing: indiscriminate enthusiasm
I found myself thinking that there truly is no better thing in the world to be doing than measuring the chemical compounds that come out of the business end of a fish.