Is Your Relationship with Trees on the Rocks?
By Sarene Marshall, The Nature Conservancy Given my work for a global conservation organization and my residence in a neighborhood filled with massive oaks, maples and hickories, it shouldn’t be surprising that my family and I are fond of trees….
Young Brac scientist steeped in mosquito research and control
Danielle Ryan, a graduate research officer at the Mosquito Research and Control Unit in Cayman Brac has set her sights high. The twenty-four year-old budding scientist has been employed with the MRCU on the Brac since 1 December 2011 and…
This Is Your Ocean – Sharks
“This is Your Ocean – Sharks”, the award-winning and internationally-acclaimed shark documentary starring Guy Harvey, Wyland and Jim Abernethy, is now available for purchase for the first time. Three of the world’s top artists shatter your perception of sharks in…
Insight: Dengue vaccine in sight, after 70 years
One of the grimmest legacies of the war in the Pacific is still being fought 70 years on, but a victory over dengue, the intensely painful “breakbone fever” which that conflict helped spread around the world, may be in sight….
Scenes from a celebration told in pictures
Further to our incredible story in iNews Cayman’s July 5th publication under the title “Higgs boson-like particle discovery claimed at LHC” see: http://www.ieyenews.com/2012/07/higgs-boson-like-particle-discovery-claimed-at-lhc/, our friends at TechRepublic. have published an article by CNET News.com showing the celebratory story, by way…
Scientists gather in Kingstown to examine and advise on the state of the region’s major fisheries
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), a regional fisheries organization of seventeen (17) Member States spanning the Caribbean region, concluded its 8th Scientific Meeting on June 30th, 2012 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Every year, the CRFM scientific…
Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2012 – Day 1
OVER 1,000 STUDENTS AT SEPANG TO PARTICIPATE IN SHELL ECO-MARATHON ASIA 2012 Today, students from all over Asia and the Middle East have come together at Kuala Lumpur’s Sepang International Circuit to compete in Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2012. A total…
Higgs boson-like particle discovery claimed at LHC
Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The particle has been the subject of a 45-year hunt to explain how matter attains its mass. Both…
Two 15 year old turtles hatched in Cayman Islands find their way to Omaha
Two green sea turtles are the two newest residents of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium. The 15-year-olds had a roundabout journey to get here. Ambrose and Merv were hatched in the Cayman Islands in 1997 and sent to the…
Everything Science at Rotary Fair
Students showed their talents at the Rotary Central’s Annual Science Fair on Saturday 26th May. The Camana Bay Arts and Recreation Centre (Arc) was alive with innovation and a good crowd of interested persons flowed past the exhibits all day….