Ever wonder how biologists use RNA sequencing from cytoplasm to decode a cell's stress response?
Rather than reading a paper about it, why not watch a dance? A ballet and a modern dance on those very topics have made it into the finals of this year's "Dance Your Ph.D." contest.
It was a tight race among this year's 21 Ph.D. dance submissions. The previous winners of the contest scored each of them on their scientific and artistic merits, and these 12 finalists made the cut. Now it's a dance-off between the sciences, including a tango based on robot collision avoidance, an acrobatic spectacle based on soil ecology, and, in one of the most meta Ph.D. dances ever, a hip-hop dance about the anthropology of hip-hop.
A panel of esteemed scientists, artists, and educators are judging the finalists now to choose the winners. But we want to know what you think. Pick your favorites below.
The winners—and audience favorite—will be announced on 3 November.
CHEMISTRY
High pressure homogenisation for emulsions fat reduction
Fat is the key to emulsions like mayonnaise. So how do you make them low-fat but still creamy? Read more …
CHEMISTRY
Peptide in motion
How can you build a motor so small that it runs inside a cell? Read more …
CHEMISTRY
Carbon nanofibers' flammability and explosion
Carbon nanofibers don't tend to explode. That is, until iron gets involved. Read more …
PHYSICS
Time-critical cooperative path following of multiple multirotors UAVs
Dancing close to other people is easy for humans, very hard for robots. Read more …
PHYSICS
Heterodyne arrays for terahertz astronomy
Stars are being born throughout the galaxy, but observing them through their soupy clouds is tricky. Read more …
PHYSICS
Studies of non-hydrodynamic processes in inertial confinement fusion implosions on OMEGA and the National Ignition Facility
Get small atoms hot and crowded enough and you get fusion. But atoms behave strangely.Read more …
BIOLOGY
Epigenetics of cardiac ischemia-reperfusion-injury
A heart attack not only scars your heart. It actually scars your genome. Read more …
BIOLOGY
Alterations to plant-soil feedbacks after severe tornado disturbance
Tornadoes may not be 100% bad after all, at least for tree reproduction. Read more …
BIOLOGY
Unravelling the biological role of novel, stress-induced peptides in Arabidopsis thaliana
Life is stressful for plants. It turns out that extra-small proteins help them chill. Read more …
SOCIAL SCIENCE
The “discovery” of the Pacific: International relationships within the Spanish oceanic continent
In the scramble among European empires to colonize the Pacific Ocean, science played a key role. Read more …
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Peer support groups for substance misuse: Understanding engagement with the group
Drug abuse recovery requires a social network. But how you interact with the network matters. Read more …
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Performing difference and diversity through embodiment and narrative: An ethnography of hip hop dancers in New York, Osaka, and Perth
What is hip hop culture? How is it evolving in different contexts around the world? Read more …
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