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Turkish woman scientist Bilge Demirköz to receive UNESCO grant
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency
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Turkish scientist Bilge Demirköz has been named as one of this year’s 15 female recipients of the International Rising Talent grants, awarded annually as part of the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science program.
An associate professor of physics at the Ankara-based Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), Demirköz has been chosen for her work on space radiation, according to a Turkish Foreign Ministry source.
She is set to receive the award at a ceremony that will be held on March 23 in Paris.
Demirköz, who was born in Istanbul in 1980 and studied at MIT, Oxford, Cambridge and CERN for 15 years before returning to Turkey five years ago to focus on particle physics at ODTÜ.
“[Particle physics] is also commonly called High Energy Physics, as in most cases these fundamental particles need special high energy circumstances to create and study them,” reads a description on her ODTÜ department’s website.
March/09/2017
Turkish scientists invent radiation-free CT scan machine
DOGAN NEWS AGENCY
ISTANBUL
Published March 15, 2017
Turkish scientists have developed a CT scan machine that operates without the use of radiation. With Turkish people receiving the third-highest rate of radiation in the world, the invention will both help prevent radiation-related diseases while contributing to Turkey's economy.
The CT scan machine was developed by professors Yunus Söylet, Elif İnce, Cenk Büyükünal, Mehmet Eliçevik and Haluk Emir. Offering insights into their work, İnce said the CT scan machine allows three-dimensional scanning in high definition via electrical signals, without exposing patients to radiation. The machine is suitable for pregnant women, infants and children. She claimed that the machine will save 80 percent of the cost of PET/CT scans around Turkey.
The invention by the Turkish scientists won the gold medal at a competition organized by the Turkish Patent Institute last year. The design was also shown at international patent fairs. Thanks to international interest in the invention, the CT scan machine is now being prepared for mass production.
Female scientist heads Turkish team in Antarctica
ANADOLU AGENCY
ANKARA
Published March 8, 2017
The science team including Burcu Özsoy (3rd on right). A Turkish female scientist is leading the team working to set up the nation's first-ever scientific research base in Antarctica. With their hard work and determination despite punishing weather on the bottom of the world, the nine-member team has caught the admiration of the Turkish public.
The team leader, Istanbul Technical University's Burcu Özsoy, told Anadolu Agency about their progress in setting up the base and how they are adapting to Antarctica's sub-zero chill. Özsoy said that on Feb. 24 the team began looking for the best site for the base, traveling in a rented ship, and facing difficulties in their first days in Antarctica due to a violent storm.
She said that even though the continent is almost in the middle of summer, the temperature is still well below freezing, and so they have to wear special thermal protective gear. Özsoy, the founder and head of the Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center, said that the team managed to avoid any health problems by wearing warm clothes and keeping their energy up with sandwiches, dried nuts and fruits, and chocolate.
"Antarctica is patched into a few satellite systems, and there are hitches in the communication. We don't have any communication channels except for limited quotas and e-mails and emergencies," she said. "We're staying in touch with our families and colleagues via e-mails transmitted every four hours. The e-mails are text-only and there's a size limit of 25 kilobytes."
Speaking about the research they do in Antarctica, she said that only 1 percent of the continent is potentially livable. "In order to do research on the continent, the zone has to be legally out of the protected area, it has to be in a productive spot logistically with a natural harbor structure, and it can't be on a glacier so there's living space," she stated.
Özsoy said fully 98 percent of the continent is covered in ice. Located at the bottom of the southern hemisphere, Antarctica is the only continent which has no countries. Özsoy also thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Özlü for enabling them to fly the Turkish flag in Antarctica. Turkey's first research base in Antarctica will be set up next year, Science Minister Faruk Özlü said last week.
A team of nine scientists set off for the continent last month to conduct feasibility studies at sites in the frozen wilderness. "We will establish a base here," Özlü told Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk. "We will conduct scientific research. We will stay there."
Last April, the first-ever Turkish team of researchers - 14 medics, botanists, geologists and oceanographers from seven universities - travelled to Antarctica to study the impact of climate change. "The base will probably be established in 2018," Özlü said. Remarking on the 53 nations that have established bases, he added: "Turkey will have a base in Antarctica as well.
"The buildings and structures that we will install will be made in Turkey and we will send them by ship." The team from the Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center, which was established in 2015, is due to return within a month to avoid the onset of the harsh Antarctic winter, when temperatures can drop to minus 80 degrees Celsius.
Turkish students' discovery clearing heavy metals from polluted water to be presented at Harvard
ANADOLU AGENCY
MANİSA, Turkey
Published March 16, 2017
A group of high school students who have been working on the locust bean's ability to separate heavy metals from water have been invited to Harvard University in Boston to make a presentation about their project.
Carried out by İmge Uskun, Fatih Yeğin, Fatma Savran and Cansu Kınık, under the supervision of their teacher, Serpil Yapıcı, the "Adsorption of Heavy Metals with Locust Bean" project is the product of two years of work.
The team of amateur scientists in the Manisa province of Turkey discovered that heavy metals, a leading cause of cancer, found in polluted water can be filtered out using the beans.
Speaking to the press, Mr. Yapıcı, a chemistry teacher, said they have managed to develop an alternative waste water treatment system. Additionally, he explained that their method is much cheaper than other chemical techniques and that the system they have developed can be used in industrial sites.
The team has applied to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) with their project and has also been invited to science conferences in the Czech Republic and France.
However, the most exciting news for the students was receiving an invitation to present at Harvard University, one of the top universities in the world. The team of students and their supervising teacher will make a presentation about their project at Harvard University from May 22-26.
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency
Send to friend »
Turkish scientist Bilge Demirköz has been named as one of this year’s 15 female recipients of the International Rising Talent grants, awarded annually as part of the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science program.
An associate professor of physics at the Ankara-based Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), Demirköz has been chosen for her work on space radiation, according to a Turkish Foreign Ministry source.
She is set to receive the award at a ceremony that will be held on March 23 in Paris.
Demirköz, who was born in Istanbul in 1980 and studied at MIT, Oxford, Cambridge and CERN for 15 years before returning to Turkey five years ago to focus on particle physics at ODTÜ.
“[Particle physics] is also commonly called High Energy Physics, as in most cases these fundamental particles need special high energy circumstances to create and study them,” reads a description on her ODTÜ department’s website.
March/09/2017
Turkish scientists invent radiation-free CT scan machine
DOGAN NEWS AGENCY
ISTANBUL
Published March 15, 2017
Turkish scientists have developed a CT scan machine that operates without the use of radiation. With Turkish people receiving the third-highest rate of radiation in the world, the invention will both help prevent radiation-related diseases while contributing to Turkey's economy.
The CT scan machine was developed by professors Yunus Söylet, Elif İnce, Cenk Büyükünal, Mehmet Eliçevik and Haluk Emir. Offering insights into their work, İnce said the CT scan machine allows three-dimensional scanning in high definition via electrical signals, without exposing patients to radiation. The machine is suitable for pregnant women, infants and children. She claimed that the machine will save 80 percent of the cost of PET/CT scans around Turkey.
The invention by the Turkish scientists won the gold medal at a competition organized by the Turkish Patent Institute last year. The design was also shown at international patent fairs. Thanks to international interest in the invention, the CT scan machine is now being prepared for mass production.
Female scientist heads Turkish team in Antarctica
ANADOLU AGENCY
ANKARA
Published March 8, 2017
The science team including Burcu Özsoy (3rd on right). A Turkish female scientist is leading the team working to set up the nation's first-ever scientific research base in Antarctica. With their hard work and determination despite punishing weather on the bottom of the world, the nine-member team has caught the admiration of the Turkish public.
The team leader, Istanbul Technical University's Burcu Özsoy, told Anadolu Agency about their progress in setting up the base and how they are adapting to Antarctica's sub-zero chill. Özsoy said that on Feb. 24 the team began looking for the best site for the base, traveling in a rented ship, and facing difficulties in their first days in Antarctica due to a violent storm.
She said that even though the continent is almost in the middle of summer, the temperature is still well below freezing, and so they have to wear special thermal protective gear. Özsoy, the founder and head of the Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center, said that the team managed to avoid any health problems by wearing warm clothes and keeping their energy up with sandwiches, dried nuts and fruits, and chocolate.
"Antarctica is patched into a few satellite systems, and there are hitches in the communication. We don't have any communication channels except for limited quotas and e-mails and emergencies," she said. "We're staying in touch with our families and colleagues via e-mails transmitted every four hours. The e-mails are text-only and there's a size limit of 25 kilobytes."
Speaking about the research they do in Antarctica, she said that only 1 percent of the continent is potentially livable. "In order to do research on the continent, the zone has to be legally out of the protected area, it has to be in a productive spot logistically with a natural harbor structure, and it can't be on a glacier so there's living space," she stated.
Özsoy said fully 98 percent of the continent is covered in ice. Located at the bottom of the southern hemisphere, Antarctica is the only continent which has no countries. Özsoy also thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Özlü for enabling them to fly the Turkish flag in Antarctica. Turkey's first research base in Antarctica will be set up next year, Science Minister Faruk Özlü said last week.
A team of nine scientists set off for the continent last month to conduct feasibility studies at sites in the frozen wilderness. "We will establish a base here," Özlü told Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk. "We will conduct scientific research. We will stay there."
Last April, the first-ever Turkish team of researchers - 14 medics, botanists, geologists and oceanographers from seven universities - travelled to Antarctica to study the impact of climate change. "The base will probably be established in 2018," Özlü said. Remarking on the 53 nations that have established bases, he added: "Turkey will have a base in Antarctica as well.
"The buildings and structures that we will install will be made in Turkey and we will send them by ship." The team from the Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center, which was established in 2015, is due to return within a month to avoid the onset of the harsh Antarctic winter, when temperatures can drop to minus 80 degrees Celsius.
Turkish students' discovery clearing heavy metals from polluted water to be presented at Harvard
ANADOLU AGENCY
MANİSA, Turkey
Published March 16, 2017
A group of high school students who have been working on the locust bean's ability to separate heavy metals from water have been invited to Harvard University in Boston to make a presentation about their project.
Carried out by İmge Uskun, Fatih Yeğin, Fatma Savran and Cansu Kınık, under the supervision of their teacher, Serpil Yapıcı, the "Adsorption of Heavy Metals with Locust Bean" project is the product of two years of work.
The team of amateur scientists in the Manisa province of Turkey discovered that heavy metals, a leading cause of cancer, found in polluted water can be filtered out using the beans.
Speaking to the press, Mr. Yapıcı, a chemistry teacher, said they have managed to develop an alternative waste water treatment system. Additionally, he explained that their method is much cheaper than other chemical techniques and that the system they have developed can be used in industrial sites.
The team has applied to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) with their project and has also been invited to science conferences in the Czech Republic and France.
However, the most exciting news for the students was receiving an invitation to present at Harvard University, one of the top universities in the world. The team of students and their supervising teacher will make a presentation about their project at Harvard University from May 22-26.
