Are epidemics inevitable? Disease prevention and control in
changing landscapes
Mathematics is key to effective strategies for
preventing and controlling infectious diseases such as Bluetongue. Mathematical
models can now predict the way animal and plant diseases spread, and where and
when future outbreaks may occur, for example, as climate changes.
Graphical passwords: will your doodle keep the hackers away?
A password system based on drawings has been
developed at the University of Newcastle. Research has shown Background Draw a
Secret (BDAS) to be more reliable and secure than current password systems that
use numbers or words.
Interactive talk 'Climate change: what can space teach us
about our own planet?'
This year's Summer Science Exhibition included a
talk by Dr Maggie Aderin, Senior Research Fellow at University College London.
Dr Maggie Aderin develops instruments that monitor climate change.
Is
it natural? The physics of perception
Human beings find it quite easy to distinguish
between, natural and synthetic materials so what processes enable us to make this
distinction? How do we so easily know wood from vinyl or cotton from nylon?
Nutrients down the Mersey: Are we over-fertilising the Irish
Sea?
Teenagers studying science at Childwall School,
Liverpool, are working with the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL), to
gather data on oxygen levels in the Irish Sea.
Spot the penguin?
A fully automated camera and computer system is
being used in South Africa to monitor African penguins. The system can spot an
individual penguin in a colony of 15,000 through its coat markings.
The breathing ocean: how will it be affected by global
fever?
Recent data has shown a dramatic decline in carbon
dioxide absorption by the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean, a change that
could greatly accelerate global warming.