Mathematical and physical sciences videos
Gold nano to target diseases
Professor Michael Cortie is using nanotechnology and gold to target or diagnose diseases in people.
Green nanotechnology
![Pieces of reflective glass that have been sputtered with a coating to optimise them for heating](/sites/default/files/styles/container_width_large_x1/public/sci-green-nanotechnology-promo260x150.jpg?itok=N56yAOdy)
Dr Angus Gentle has invented a coating, where it can reduce the need for air-conditioning, giving us a green alternative to keep us cool and comfortable.
Green energy
![A traffic light powered by green energy](/sites/default/files/styles/container_width_large_x1/public/sci-green-energy-promo260x150.jpg?itok=r8fac4Yv)
Household and consumer items are using gallium nitride as an energy saving alternative. Professor Matthew Phillip's research is exploring the possibilities of zinc oxide, a material with better properties than its energy saving predecessor.
Designer molecule
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Dr Andrew McDonagh's research focuses on using molecules to construct structures on surfaces that can be probe with the goal to isolate the molecule for its electronic properties.
Tsunami warning systems
![Marianne Menictas uts student](/sites/default/files/styles/container_width_large_x1/public/sci-tsunami-warning-systems-promo260x150.jpg?itok=7O5rb8FJ)
Marianne Menictas's third year undergraduate research project was to maximise the warning potential in the Mediterranean coastal regions.
Study of choice
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Choices are made daily. Dr Stephen Bush analyses this mental thought process, with the aim to build better statistical models to understand why people make the choices they do.
Lab on a chip
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The development of a portable forensics laboratory, "lab on a chip" to allow police agencies to uncover real time information at the crime scene is an amazing invention.
Playing with fire
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Kate Grimwood's research focuses on forensic fire investigation, where she looks at polyurethane and its behaviour pre-flame, post-suppression and the quantity of polyurethane needed to reach flashover.