Stories about "Science and technology"
And now: The answer to how ancient plants could live on dry land
Thursday, December 8, 2022 1:28 pm
Researchers including Bates biologist Brett Huggett answer a long-unanswered question: how early plants made the big move to dry-land living 400 million years ago.
Campus Construction Update: Sept. 22, 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 7:47 am
After a renovation that redefined Dana Hall’s role in Bates science education, the building reopened with an Aug. 29 celebration. Also: an abyss in Chase Hall!
Video: An immersive visit to the coastal gem, Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area
Friday, September 2, 2022 1:10 pm
Time spent in nature is great. Time spent even looking at images of nature help, too. With that in mind, here’s a brief but enveloping video from Bates–Morse Mountain on a summer day.
Video: Devanshi Trivedi ’22, neuroscience, philosophy, and ‘what makes us who we are’
Thursday, May 26, 2022 4:35 pm
Trivedi has wanted to study the brain ever since a childhood friend told her that our eyes see the world upside down, but our brains flip everything right side up.
A science first: Bates physicist Nathan Lundblad leads research to create ultracold atomic bubbles in space
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 1:45 pm
The prestigious journal Nature has published research by Lundblad, a professor of physics, and his coauthors on their history-making research aboard the International Space Station.
Meet the Bonney Science Center Places and Faces (No. 7): Four scientists who are opportunistic, chemiluminescent, continuity-minded, and nosey
Monday, May 16, 2022 2:07 pm
Our final installment of a series profiling the folks who work in the college's new Bonney Science Center: Four scientists who are opportunistic, chemiluminescent, continuity-minded, and nosey.
Meet the Bonney Science Center Places and Faces (No. 6)
Monday, May 9, 2022 12:36 pm
Meet three biology and biochemistry professors: one who finds the Lyme bacteria is "pretty amazing"; another whose honors student has ants in her plans; and a third who's delivering a CURE for first-year students.
Meet the Bonney Science Center Places and Faces (No. 5): veteran custodian, neuroscientist giving signals, instructor with good chemistry
Monday, May 2, 2022 2:21 pm
Here’s the fifth installment of our series that profiles, in images and words, each and every resident of Bates’ newest academic building, Bonney Science Center.
Meet the Bonney Science Center Places and Faces (No. 4): custodian with views; resource manager hot and cold; professor moving in space
Monday, April 18, 2022 5:58 pm
Our fourth installment in a series that profiles, in images and words, each and every resident of Bates’ newest academic building, Bonney Science Center.
Meet the Bonney Science Center places and faces (No. 2): Gram staining, defense scheduling, thesis meeting
Monday, April 4, 2022 3:13 pm
The second installment of our series that profiles, in images and words, each and every resident of Bates’ newest academic building, Bonney Science Center.