WHAT? Project MALETH will contribute the first scientific and biomedical programme from Malta to be sent to the International Space Station. It will also be the first Maltese experimental setup to be conducted outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. This programme, named SpaceOMIX, consists of two applications: A data analysis study of the effects of a […]
In July of 1969, Maltese viewers joined 650 million people worldwide in witnessing the first human steps on the Moon. Fast forward to 2012, and the island has progressed from observation to active participation in space exploration… and, as they say, the rest is history! If you have ever wondered what Malta has done in […]
Browsing through local newspapers starting from the middle of the 19th century, one comes across numerous accounts of tremors being felt by the population in Malta, some lasting just a few seconds, others more frightening, and sometimes consisting of episodes of tremors over several consecutive days. Some of these events were of enough concern to […]
NOTE: This article is a non-exhaustive review of literature about aspects of the natural Maltese environment, carried out by local scientists and published in 2020. Mifsud et al. (2020) is the first of two interesting publications about wild Maltese plants. A rare fern from Gozo, previously thought to be endemic, is revealed as belonging to […]
As the world is stopped temporarily but abruptly in its steps by a pandemic, it becomes necessary to investigate events as they happen. As with other unpredictable events, such as stock market fluctuations and natural disasters, real-time observation provides a record of the phenomenon, increases our knowledge and therefore our preparedness in the case similar […]
