Category Archives: Editorial
Editorial: Issue 27 – Easter 2013
Striking a Chord? Humans have been making music for thousands of years. The oldest musical instrument dates to 36,000 years ago, and it is possible that the Neanderthals were already able to make music long before that. In fact, music may even predate the development of language! But much has changed since the first notes [...]
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Issue Editor: Issue 28
You might fancy being issue editor yourself. This is a very rewarding role. You have complete control over the content of the magazine, the editing process and production. The issue editor is only involved in the production of one issue of BlueSci (Issue 28), they are responsible for selecting and commissioning articles and thus control the creative [...]
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Cover: Synthetic Biology
Haydn King explains the scientific discipline behind this issue’s cover image Shown in the image are the repeating air pore structures from the leaves of Marchantia polymorpha, a species of liverwort. The repeating air pores which are composed of only a few dozen cells, make an interesting study of cell morphology (structure), but it is not these which may bring [...]
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Editorial: Issue 26 – Lent 2013
Sticks and Stones As long as there have been scientists there has been conflict. From the denial of supernatural diseases by Hippocrates to the open clashes between Stephen Hawking and Leonard Susskind about the nature of black holes, arguments seem to be an inevitable part of scientific progress. Even such enigmatic figures as Newton and Einstein have [...]
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Committee nominations re-opened
We’ve had several applications for committee positions for 2013, but several places are still available. We have therefore decided to re-open applications for a further week, with a deadline of January 6th. In particular, we are looking for applicants to the roles of President & Treasurer, these are obviously key roles and we won’t be [...]
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Committee Positions
We hope you’re all enjoying the Christmas vacation. 2012 has been a good year for us, we have developed stronger relationships with many of our sister publications across the country and have celebrated our 25th issue. We must now look ahead to 2013 and a new BlueSci committee. Joining the BlueSci committee is a great [...]
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Issue 26 Magazine Cover Image
Is your research visually stunning? We are looking for images for the cover of the next issue of BlueSci. This is your opportunity to see your work in print across the University. For printing, images should be at least 300dpi when expanded to 1500×1800 pixels. Send images to managing-editor@bluesci.co.uk or issue-editor@bluesci.co.uk.
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Issue 25 Specials: [POPULAR Science]
Helen Gaffney discusses BlueSci’s series of science communication talks. The scientific celebrity is not a new phenomenon, but as ever more scientists are spending time telling the public about their work, questions about what popular scientific reporting should offer have become increasingly prescient. How strictly should scientific comment be regulated? Where is the correctly balance [...]
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Issue 25 Specials: BlueSci Radio
Anand Jagatia discusses the benefits of communicating science over the airwaves. The first BlueSci talk I attended sticks out in my mind for two reasons. One reason is that I got to meet Brian Leith, the executive producer of Human Planet, and hear some of the amazing stories behind the footage and people that were [...]
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Cover: Electron Microscopy