Expert Comment
Associate Professor in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Peter Wall, on 'Robot-led surgery' report
"Robotic technology has the potential to ensure reproducible and precise surgical techniques not previously possible; which may improve outcomes for patients."
Assistant Prof Raquel Nunes on Cerberus heatwave and human health
"It’s only getting hotter. The increased incidence of heatwaves is happening now – not forecast for a few years’ time. So governments looking to mitigate against climate change need to also be dealing adapting to living with higher temperatures in order to protect lives."
Prof Don Pollacco on viewing this week's Northern Lights from the UK
To predict exactly where you can see the northern lights is difficult as conditions can change quickly. The current ‘storm’ is said to be visible from northern England but they are notoriously difficult to predict. However, one thing is for sure, and that is that you are unlikely to see them from a brightly lit city environment – you need to go somewhere dark and look towards the northern horizon (look for the North Star). So, you would preferably be in the countryside away from street lights. Of course it also needs to clear!
Prof Alex Sharpe on 50th anniversary of the "death" of Ziggy Stardust
To be a Bowie fan is to mourn, to let go, and to learn to love again.
Emeritus Professor Ian Tuersley on the missing Titanic submarine
Efforts at this stage are focused on trying to locate the vessel by listening for noises generated by the trapped crew, detected using sonar buoys – with a number of these having been deployed by rescue aircraft. If the noises can be picked up by more buoys it will help to narrow the search area considerably but the operation has been realistically compared to looking for a needle in a haystack.