As a part of a recent initiative to reach wider audiences,The Open University has teamed up with Apple's iTunes to make selected audio and visual content available as free downloads.
I was involved in the production of an iTunes video about my research on Moon rocks as a part of University's efforts to showcase its research excellence.
In this contribution, I talk about my research on lunar samples and also discuss the importance of Moon in the exploration of the Solar System, and in unravelling the past geological history of the Earth. You can download the video and find out more about lunar research at the Open University by clicking on the link below.
Our Nature paper on lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 received wide media coverage. You can read some of them by following the links below:
BBC News online:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7128000.stm
National Geographic News:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071205-moon-volcanoes.html
Top News India:
http://www.topnews.in/volcanic-face-moon-developed-over-4-billion-years-ago-28364
ABC News Online, Australia:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/12/06/2111283.htm?topic=latest
Taipei Times, Taiwan:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/12/06/2003391344
Independent Online, South Africa:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=118&art_id=nw20071205225902286C249462
Inquirer, Philippines:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=105174
AFP, Paris:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gbfeXdWJl9xVW0m5m2sd7ReUkCIQ
PhysOrg:
http://www.physorg.com/news116082952.html
Alalam News Netowrk, Iran:
http://www.alalam.ir/english/en-NewsPage.asp?newsid=039060120071205143819
Arab Times, Kuwait:
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=8973&ccid=18
You can listen to Nature podcast on our Kalahari 009 research by clikcing on the link below.
http://rm1.9s.edgesuite.net/60/3d/603d2cbfcac26b0cc5261a42f57ebf98-47570b60.mp3?sauth=1199506086_960cb498931ccc3e8d32e64a66fe3f89&ext=.mp3&ct=audio/mpeg
My previous lunar research at the University of Tennessee where I was involved in the discovery and naming of a new lunar minerals recieved wide media coverage. The study was published in journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in 2004.
USA today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2004-04-26-moon-mineral_x.htm
BBC News online:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3659551.stm
Planetary Science Research Discoveries:
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July04/newMineral.html
Geotimes:
http://www.geotimes.org/may04/WebExtra051004.html
Tennessee today:
http://pr.tennessee.edu/news/release.asp?id=2005
Physics world:
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/19439
