Imagine a technology that would not only provide a green and renewable source of energy, but could also help scrub the atmosphere of the excessive amounts of carbon dioxide that result from the burning of fossil fuels. That is the promise of artificial versions of photosynthesis, the process by which green plants have been converting solar energy into electrochemical energy for billions of years |
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The International Geophysical Year of 1957 had a straightforward aim of studying the Earth as a planet during a period of intense solar activity. Half a century on, and now we are in the International Heliophysical Year (IHY), which will see a further celebration of our local star, where satellites and space probes will be centre stage |
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Infectious diseases make for regular reading in today’s daily media. A centre in Liverpool may be the key to discovering and preventing diseases both old and new. Roger Highfield explores the work that researchers have ahead of them |
