• Question: Do any of your project have an effect on the improvement of human life?

    Asked by anon-260030 on 7 Oct 2020.
    • Photo: James Smallcombe

      James Smallcombe answered on 7 Oct 2020:

      Personally I worked on a project to better understand the high energy gamma-rays emitted in fission. There aren’t very many of them and in normal fission work the gamma-rays aren’t as important as the neutrons, but knowing them more precisely is going to help with cleaning up Fukushima safely.

      I have also worked with groups who develop new radiation detectors which are used in hospitals to take detailed images inside the body for the treatment of cancers.

    • Photo: Pam Harrison

      Pam Harrison answered on 7 Oct 2020:

      All the projects i work on are medicines, therefore everything is aimed at putting the patient first and how we can improve their health.

    • Photo: Siti Syuhaida Mohamed Yunus

      Siti Syuhaida Mohamed Yunus answered on 7 Oct 2020:

      I believe my project will contribute to the improvement of human life because by reducing the carbon footprint in the agricultural activities will reduce the impact of climate change, and human deserves to have a better life in the earth.

    • Photo: Allyson Lister

      Allyson Lister answered on 8 Oct 2020:

      In order for scientific data to have any value at all, scientists need to be expert sharers. My job makes sure that all of us scientists share our research in ways that are easy to understand, easy to find, and easy to use.
      So, rather than doing research directly on human disease or illness, I work on better ways to ensure that research (and all research!) gets shared and re-used in better ways.

    • Photo: Sonia Rodriguez

      Sonia Rodriguez answered on 10 Oct 2020:

      I’m studying new therapeutic options for obesity and diabetes, so I hope my work can help people in the future. However, I do what is called “basic research”. I study the molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of disease, how it happens and how we can treat it by using cells, human samples and eventually mice. All this information is necessary and constitutes the base for developing new drugs and therapies, what is called “applied research”.
      It can take quite long to see the benefits of basic research in real life, but it is equally important.

    • Photo: Stephen Clarke

      Stephen Clarke answered on 22 Oct 2020:

      I work in Pharmaceuticals, so we are always trying to find new ways to improve human life, either by keeping people alive or helping them to live a healthier life.

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