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A number of Mathematics students were awarded the University Excellence Scholarships - £3000 to all students who achieved AAA at A-level (or equivalent) and University Merit Scholarships - £2000 to all students who achieved AAB at A-level (or equivalent).
The following students have been awarded the Excellence scholarship:-
Megan James, Olchfa Comprehensive School, Swansea; Samuel Jones, St Lawrence School, Bradford-on-Avon; Megan Jenkins, NPTC Group, Neath and Afan Campuses; Phoebe Jewell, Coleg Sir Gar, Llanelli; Gwenllian Phillips, Ysgol Gyfun Bro Myrddin, Carmarthen.
The following students have been awarded the Merit scholarship:-
Gruffydd Davies, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd, Maesteg; Abigail Jeffs, Queen Elizabeths School, Wimborne; Angharad Pfeiffer, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe, Swansea; Kira Pugh, NPTC Group, Neath and Afan Campuses. |
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The Mathematics Department plans to offer Mathematics prizes/scholarships worth up to a total of £3000 for students starting their university studies in September 2017. The prizes will be awarded on the basis of a competitive two and a half hour examination to be taken on 5 April 2017. If you would like to take the exam, make Swansea one of your choices on your UCAS form. Details of the scholarship exam will be announced here.
In March 2016, 32 students sat the scholarship exam for 2016/2017 entry with five offers made. Among the 2016 Mathematics scholars, who commenced their studies this academic year, are:
- Amber Tidd, Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, Ammanford
- Melissa Coshott, Banbury Academy
- James Scott, Barry Comprehensive School
Congratulations to the Mathematics and University scholars! |
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The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that its first BSc Mathematics with a Year in Industry student, Bryony Chislett-Williams has now taken up her placement in industry. Bryony will be working at Menzies LLP, a leading UK chartered accountancy firm, in their transactional services office.
Bryony said “I am delighted to be the first mathematics student with a year in industry. Having previously interned at Menzies LLP during my summers, I was pleased when I was offered a year long placement with the firm as a part of my degree. Doing a placement year is immensely beneficial to me as I am constantly learning and developing new skills through my day to day experiences at work. My contact at the university, Stuart Toomey, and the Mathematics Department as a whole are very supportive and happy to help should any problems arise”.
Subject to application, students take up their placement after the 2nd year of studies, providing the opportunity to put their learning into practice. During the 2nd year there is support from our placements team. |
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A first-year undergraduate student is starting his studies at Swansea University with a £1,000 bursary award from the Royal Television Society.
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is Britain's leading forum for television and related media and an educational charity whose purpose is to promote the art and science of television.
Keoni D’Souza, 19, from Westcliff-On-Sea, who will be studying Computer Science at Swansea, is one of only 20 students across the country to benefit from the bursary. |
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Tim Clarke, Marine Biology graduate, has recently returned from an internship in Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Florida.
Tim was responsible for working in the marine parasitology lab, in feeding the animals (including sharks and rays!) and generally had a really good chance to put his degree to use.
Tim said “I had the most amazing time and experience, putting my degree to use was so great. I undertook an independent piece of research on parasites, managed quarantine, helped in vet procedures and scanned and performed ultrasound on a ray and a fish. |
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Tuesday, September 6, was no ordinary day for fifth grade pupils at Allisonville Elementary School in Indianapolis, Indiana, when two classes of 10 and 11 year-olds experienced an unplugged introduction to computer science as part of Microsoft’s Skype in the Classroom initiative, delivered by Technocamps from Swansea University.
The lesson, which has been developed by the Technocamps team is an extension of the current pan-Wales programme, allowing it to reach to a global audience and engage with pupils from around the world in computer science, through a series of thought-provoking questions and hands-on activities, challenging pupils to think differently about computers and computer programming.
The lesson has since been delivered around the world, including: North Carolina, USA; Rustenburg, South Africa; Dyarb Negm, Egypt; Abuja, Nigeria; Tbilisi, Georgia; Uttar Pradesh, India; Kyiv, Ukraine |
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The Further Maths Support Programme had a fantastic attendance at their Year 10 conferences held in June/July. Over 380 students attended the three conferences from 25 schools from across South Wales. The conferences were held at Swansea University, Pembrokeshire Colllege and the University of South Wales.
Students were split into groups and participated in 2 workshops and attended a final talk. The conference aims to show students different ways in which Maths is applied and to demonstrate the many different Maths focused careers. Student feedback for the days was overwhelmingly positive; “it was an excellent information filled day”, “it opened my eyes to maths and encouraged me to take it in the future.” Teachers also gave positive feedback, judging the conference to have been pitched at the right level, “good level, accessible but challenging”.
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Where does the time go? Can time really fly? Is time just an illusion? Find out more in Swansea city centre at Swansea University’s Oriel Science Pop-up exhibition, “The Story of Time”, which opened to the public in September.
Guarded by the Tardis and a ‘Back to the Future’ De Lorean car you will be able to meander through, interact with, listen, look, touch and generally play around with exhibits all about Time.
Discover how the Higgs boson, often called the “God particle”, was first detected in the mock-up of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, see a glacial calving in Greenland, tell the time with tree rings, witness the history of the universe displayed on a 30 metre time wall, and hear the sounds of deep space as you watch a time-lapse video of the southern stars.
The Oriel Science gallery made the list of to things to do in Swansea at half term in the Big Heart of Swansea. |
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New research led by Dr Ines Fürtbauer, Department of Biosciences, has revealed that fish coregulate their stress levels when experiencing a challenging new environment.
The steroid hormone cortisol regulates many important bodily functions and plays a crucial role in the adaptive response to stress, and is therefore often referred to as the “stress hormone”.
We know that people with strong bonds, like romantic couples, or parents and their children, coregulate their cortisol levels. This means that cortisol responses in partners or parents and children quite often match one another, which likely is important for health and relationship functioning.
Whether cortisol coregulation also exists in non-human animals that lack strong bonds was unknown. But Dr Fürtbauer suspected that cortisol coregulation might not be unique to humans, but instead something that may occur in social vertebrates, more generally. |
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New evidence of ancient volcanic eruptions in the North Pacific, uncovered by researchers, suggests that the risk of more ash clouds, such as the Icelandic volcano which brought air traffic to a halt in 2010, at an estimated cost of $5 billion, is greater than had previously been thought.
The research team, led by Department of Geography researchers, studied ice cores from Greenland, which act as a record of volcanic activity over the last 128,000 years. Recent technical advances allow small individual glass shards extracted from ice-core material to be analysed for their trace element signatures, a kind of fingerprint revealing their origin. |
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Journeys - Migration Stories shown in New Exhibition Swansea University, working in partnership with the University of Glasgow, features migration stories in a new exhibition that opened in the Arbuthnot Museum Peterhead in October.
The exhibition looks at the responses from four crucial questions: Why do people from other countries move to Scotland? What would you say to welcome new people to Scotland? What makes a place feel like home? How can we make newcomers feel more at home in Scotland?
Claire Needler, Research Assistant on the SSAMIS project, Department of Geography, said:
“ We have worked with people who are new to the area, as well as people who have lived here all their lives, exploring universal themes of everyday life, working to build a sense of community, and getting to know ourselves and our neighbours better. It has been great to work in partnership with local community organisations like Modo, as well as the Arbuthnot Museum to explore migration in the north east.” 
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New research on microscopic organisms called mixotrophs could overturn a century's worth of our understanding of marine biology.
Dr Aditee Mitra, Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research, has had an article published in The Conversation: 'Uncovered - the mysterious killer triffids that dominate life in our oceans’.
These fascinating creatures can "engulf living prey, suck out their innards, poison them, harpoon them, make them explode, and steal and reuse body parts” according to Dr Mitra.
The article was published on Thursday 3rd November, and to date has had nearly 95,000 readers and been re-published by 8 publishers. The article is currently the 2nd most read article from Swansea University and the top article from the College of Science. Within the author list, Aditee ranks in 3rd place for Swansea University and 1st for the College of Science. |
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Cruising into a New Era of Marine Biology Swansea University has invested £1.3m in the construction of a purpose-built 18 m catamaran-class survey vessel which will be used by marine biologists to travel from estuaries to the sea shelf to study the diverse habitats and wildlife of spectacular coastline of Wales.
Swansea University has long been a leader in Marine Biology, conducting high impact research, and assisting with the conservation and sustainable development of the marine and coastal resources in Wales.
The vessel will be used to survey the coastline, map critical habitats, study water quality, observe marine wildlife, deploy marine equipment and support teaching, research and business assistance.
The new vessel, which is scheduled to launch in Dec 2017, can accommodate 26 passengers with 8 berths and have a top speed of 23 kts with cruising at about 16kts, and will be equipped with state-of-the-art survey and research equipment.
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From September 2018, Mathematics will be moving to the Computational Foundry, a state of the art purpose built facility in the Swansea University Bay Campus that will provide an ideal environment for the professional development and success of researchers and students alike. It will be home to a thriving community of mathematically and computationally minded students who will shape the future of our society.
The move of Mathematics to the Bay Campus reaffirms the central place of the Department in Swansea University's strategy for becoming a Top 200 University world-wide. Mathematics was among the first academic departments to be established in the University, nearly one hundred years ago, and remains among the most important.
The proximity to Computer Science, Engineering and the School of Management will provide new and exciting opportunities for developing innovative directions alongside consolidated strengths. |
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Professor Biagio Lucini, Head of Mathematics (2nd on right), gave an invited keynote at the eXtreme QCD (XQCD) conference, which took place at Plymouth, 1-3 August 2016. This conference is part of an annual series, running since 2003, with previous conferences being held, among other places, in Swansea (2005), Brookhaven, USA (2006), Seoul, Korea (2009) and Stony Brook, USA (2014).
Professor Lucini’s invited contribution focused on a novel numerical technique that he has developed to understand the physics of nuclear matter at high density, the latter being one of the most urgent and still unresolved problem in Particle Physics. The numerical technique he developed, known as the LLR method, is applicable also to optimisation problems of difficult solution such as protein folding. |
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Dyfarnwyd Ysgoloriaethau Rhagoriaeth y Brifysgol i nifer o fyfyrwyr Mathemateg - £3000 i bob myfyriwr a enillodd raddau AAA Safon Uwch (neu gymwysterau cyfatebol) ac Ysgoloriaethau Teilyngdod y Brifysgol - £2000 i bob myfyriwr a enillodd raddau AAB Safon Uwch (neu gymwysterau cyfatebol).
Dyfarnwyd yr ysgoloriaeth am Ragoriaeth i’r myfyrwyr canlynol:
Megan James, Ysgol Gyfun Olchfa, Abertawe; Samuel Jones, Ysgol St Lawrence, Bradford-on-Avon; Megan Jenkins, Grŵp NPTC, Campysau Cwm Nedd ac Afan; Phoebe Jewell, Coleg Sir Gâr, Llanelli; Gwenllian Phillips, Ysgol Gyfun Bro Myrddin, Caerfyrddin.
Dyfarnwyd yr ysgoloriaeth am Deilyngdod i’r myfyrwyr canlynol:
Gruffydd Davies, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd, Maesteg; Abigail Jeffs, Ysgol Queen Elizabeths, Wimborne; Angharad Pfeiffer, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe, Abertawe; Kira Pugh, Grŵp NPTC, Campysau Cwm Nedd ac Afan. |
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Mae’r Adran Fathemateg yn bwriadu cynnig gwobrau/ysgoloriaethau mewn Mathemateg gwerth hyd at gyfanswm o £3000 i fyfyrwyr a fydd yn dechrau ar eu hastudiaethau yn y brifysgol ym mis Medi 2017. Caiff y gwobrau eu dyfarnu ar sail arholiad dwy awr a hanner cystadleuol i’w sefyll ar 5 Ebrill 2017. Os hoffech sefyll yr arholiad, nodwch Abertawe fel un o’ch dewisiadau ar eich ffurflen UCAS. Caiff manylion yr arholiad ysgoloriaeth eu cyhoeddi yma.
Ym mis Mawrth 2016, safodd 32 o fyfyrwyr yr arholiad ysgoloriaeth ar gyfer 2016/2017 a chynigiwyd ysgoloriaeth i bump ohonynt. Ymhlith ysgolorion Mathemateg 2016 , a ddechreuodd ar eu hastudiaethau y flwyddyn academaidd hon, mae:
- Amber Tidd, Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, Rhydaman
- Melissa Coshott, Academi Banbury
- James Scott, Ysgol Gyfun y Barri
Llongyfarchiadau i’r ysgolorion Mathemateg ac ysgolorion y Brifysgol! |
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Mae’n bleser gan yr Adran Fathemateg gyhoeddi bod Bryony Chislett-Williams, ei myfyriwr cyntaf i fod yn fyfyriwr BSc Mathemateg gyda Blwyddyn mewn Diwydiant bellach wedi dechrau ar ei lleoliad mewn diwydiant. Bydd Bryony yn gweithio yn Menzies LLP, un o gwmnïau cyfrifwyr siartredig mwyaf blaenllaw’r DU, yn ei swyddfa gwasanaethau trafodol.
Meddai Bryony “Rwy’n falch iawn o gael fy newis fel y myfyriwr mathemateg cyntaf i gael blwyddyn mewn diwydiant. Ar ôl gweithio fel intern yn Menzies LLP o’r blaen yn ystod fy ngwyliau haf, roeddwn yn falch pan gefais gynnig lleoliad blwyddyn yn y cwmni fel rhan o’m gradd. Mae blwyddyn lleoliad yn hynod fuddiol i mi gan fy mod yn dysgu ac yn datblygu sgiliau newydd drwy’r amser drwy fy mhrofiadau yn y gwaith o ddydd i ddydd. Mae fy nghyswllt yn y brifysgol, Stuart Toomey, a’r Adran Fathemateg gyfan yn gefnogol iawn ac yn barod i helpu pan fo unrhyw broblemau’n codi”.
Ar ôl gwneud cais, mae myfyrwyr yn dechrau eu lleoliad ar ôl yr ail flwyddyn astudio, gan roi cyfle iddynt roi’r hyn a ddysgwyd ganddynt ar waith. Yn ystod yr ail flwyddyn mae cymorth ar gael gan ein tîm lleoliadau. |
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Mae myfyriwr israddedig blwyddyn gyntaf yn dechrau ar ei astudiaethau ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe gyda dyfarniad bwrsari gwerth £1,000 gan y Gymdeithas Deledu Frenhinol.
Y Gymdeithas Deledu Frenhinol yw prif fforwm Prydain ar gyfer teledu a chyfryngau cysylltiedig. Elusen addysgol ydyw, sydd â’r nod o hyrwyddo celfyddyd a gwyddoniaeth teledu.
Mae Keoni D’Souza, 19, o Westcliff-On-Sea, a fydd yn astudio Cyfrifiadureg yn Abertawe, yn un o ddim ond 20 o fyfyrwyr ledled y wlad sydd wedi cael y bwrsari. |
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Mae Tim Clarke, myfyriwr graddedig mewn Bioleg Forol wedi dychwelyd yn ddiweddar ar ôl bod yn intern yn Labordy ac Acwariwm Morol Mote, Florida.
Bu Tim yn gyfrifol am weithio yn y labordy parasitoleg forol, gan fwydo’r anifeiliaid (gan gynnwys siarcod a morgathod!) ac yn gyffredinol cafodd gyfle gwerth chweil i ddefnyddio ei radd.
Meddai Tim “Fe ges i’r amser a’r profiad mwyaf rhyfeddol, ac roedd mor wych cael defnyddio fy ngradd. Fe fues i’n gwneud darn annibynnol o ymchwil i barasitiaid, yn rheoli cwaratîn, yn helpu gyda thriniaethau milfeddygol ac yn sganio morgath a physgodyn ag offer uwchsain. |
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Roedd dydd Mawrth, 6 Medi yn ddiwrnod hynod i ddisgyblion y pumed dosbarth yn Ysgol Elfennol Allisonville yn Indianapolis, Indiana, pan gymerodd dau ddosbarth o blant 10 ac 11 oed ran mewn cyflwyniad di-blwg i gyfrifiadureg fel rhan o fenter Skype yn yr Ystafell Ddosbarth Microsoft, a roddwyd gan Technocamps o Brifysgol Abertawe.
Mae’r wers, a ddatblygwyd gan dîm Technocamps, yn estyniad i’r rhaglen gyfredol i Gymru gyfan, sy’n ei alluogi i gyrraedd cynulleidfa fyd-eang ac ennyn diddordeb disgyblion o bedwar ban byd mewn cyfrifiadureg, drwy gyfres o gwestiynau sy’n ysgogi’r meddwl a gweithgareddau ymarferol, sy’n herio disgyblion i feddwl yn wahanol am gyfrifiaduron a rhaglennu cyfrifiadurol.
Bellach, mae’r wers wedi cael ei chyflwyno ledled y byd, gan gynnwys:
Gogledd Carolina, UDA; Rustenburg, De Affrica; Dyarb Negm, Yr Aifft; Abuja, Nigeria; Tbilisi, Georgia; Uttar Pradesh, India; Kyiv, Ukrain |
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Ble mae’r amser yn mynd? A all amser hedfan mewn gwirionedd? Ai rhith yw amser? Cewch wybod mwy yng nghanol dinas Abertawe yn arddangosfa dros dro Oriel Wyddoniaeth Prifysgol Abertawe, “Stori Amser”, a agorodd i’r cyhoedd ym mis Medi.
A’r Tardis a char De Lorean ‘Back to the Future’ i’ch gwarchod cewch grwydro drwy’r arddangosion ynglŷn ag Amser, gan ryngweithio, gwrando, edrych, cyffwrdd a chwarae yn gyffredinol.
Darganfyddwch sut y canfuwyd boson Higgs, a elwir yn aml yn ‘Gronyn Duw”, yn gyntaf yn ffug ymarfer Peiriant Gwrthdaro Hadronau Mawr CERN, gwyliwch dalpiau iâ yn gollwng yn yr Ynys Las, dysgwch sut i ddweud yr amser â chylchoedd coed, edrychwch ar hanes y bydysawd wedi’i arddangos ar wal amser 30 metr, a gwrandewch ar synau gofod dwfn wrth i chi wylio fideo treigl amser o sêr y de.
Cafodd yr Oriel Wyddoniaeth ei chynnwys ar y rhestr o bethau i’w gwneud yn Abertawe dros hanner tymor yn y Big Heart of Swansea.
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Mae gwaith ymchwil newydd gan Dr Ines Fürtbauer, yr Adran Fiowyddorau, wedi datgelu bod pysgod yn cyd-reoli eu lefelau straen wrth brofi amgylchedd newydd heriol.
Mae’r hormon steroid cortisol yn rheoli llawer o swyddogaethau pwysig y corff ac mae’n chwarae rôl hollbwysig yn yr ymateb ymaddasol i straen, ac felly cyfeirir ato’n aml fel “hormon straen”.
Gwyddom fod pobl sydd â pherthynas agos, fel cyplau rhamantaidd, neu rieni a’u plant, yn cyd-reoli eu lefelau o gortisol. Mae hyn yn golygu bod ymatebion cortisol ymhlith partneriaid neu rieni a phlant yn eithaf aml yn debyg i’w gilydd, sy’n bwysig, mae’n debyg, i iechyd a chydberthnasau.
Nid oedd yn hysbys a oedd cyd-reoli cortisol hefyd yn bodoli ymhlith anifeiliaid, heblaw pobl, nad ydynt yn meithrin cydberthnasau agos. Ond roedd Dr Fürtbauer yn amau nad oedd cyd-reoli cortisol o bosibl yn unigryw i bobl, ond ei fod yn rhywbeth sy’n digwydd ymhlith fertebratau cymdeithasol yn fwy cyffredinol. |
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Mae tystiolaeth newydd o echdoriadau folcanig hynafol yng Ngogledd y Môr Tawel, a ddatgelwyd gan ymchwilwyr, yn awgrymu bod y risg o fwy o gymylau lludw, fel y llosgfynydd yng Ngwlad yr Iâ a ataliodd draffig awyrennau yn 2010, ar gost amcangyfrifedig o $5 biliwn, yn fwy nag a gredid gynt.
Astudiodd y tîm ymchwil, o dan arweiniad ymchwilwyr o’r Adran Ddaearyddiaeth, greiddiau iâ o’r Ynys Las, sy’n gofnod o weithgarwch folcanig dros y 128,000 mlynedd diwethaf. Mae datblygiadau technegol diweddar yn ei gwneud yn bosibl i ddarnau unigol o wydr gael eu tynnu o ddeunydd creiddiau iâ er mwyn dadansoddi eu harwyddiannau elfennau hybrin, sef rhyw fath o ôl bysedd sy’n datgelu eu tarddiad. |
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Teithiau - Straeon Ymfudo a ddangoswyd mewn Arddangosfa Newydd Mae Prifysgol Abertawe, gan weithio mewn partneriaeth â Phrifysgol Glasgow, yn dangos straeon ymfudo mewn arddangosfa newydd a agorodd yn Amgueddfa Arbuthnot, Peterhead ym mis Hydref.
Mae’r arddangosfa yn ystyried yr ymatebion i bedwar cwestiwn hollbwysig: Pam y mae pobl o wledydd eraill yn symud i’r Alban? Beth fyddech yn ei ddweud i groesawu pobl newydd i’r Alban? Beth sy’n gwneud i le deimlo fel cartref? Sut y gallwn sicrhau bod newydd-ddyfodiaid yn teimlo’n fwy cartrefol yn yr Alban?
Meddai Claire Needler, Cynorthwyydd Ymchwil ar brosiect SSAMIS, yr Adran Ddaearyddiaeth:
“Rydym wedi gweithio gyda phobl sydd newydd ddod i’r ardal, yn ogystal â phobl sydd wedi byw yma ar hyd eu bywyd, gan archwilio themâu cyffredinol bywyd pob dydd, gan weithio i greu ymdeimlad o gymuned, a dod i’n hadnabod ein hunain a’n cymdogion yn well. Bu’n wych gweithio mewn partneriaeth â sefydliadau yn y gymuned leol fel Modo, yn ogystal ag Amgueddfa Arbuthnot er mwyn archwilio ymfudo yng ngogledd-ddwyrain yr Alban.”
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Mae gwaith ymchwil a monitro gan bartneriaeth o sefydliadau sy’n gweithio i warchod bywyd gwyllt yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, gan gynnwys Coleg Gwyddoniaeth Prifysgol Abertawe, wedi dangos presenoldeb pathewod y cyll ar safle newydd ger Llan-non.
Cyfwelwyd Dr Wendy Harris, yr Adran Fiowyddorau, gan BBC Radio Wales y mis hwn ynglŷn â’r darganfyddiad cyffrous. Gwrandewch yma.
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Gallai gwaith ymchwil newydd ar organebau microsgopig o’r enw cymysgtroffau wrthdroi canrif o’n dealltwriaeth o fioleg forol.
Mae erthygl gan Dr Aditee Mitra, o’r Ganolfan Ymchwil Ddyfrol Gynaliadwy, wedi cael ei chyhoeddi yn The Conversation: ‘Uncovered - the mysterious killer triffids that dominate life in our oceans’.
Mae’r creaduriaid hynod hyn yn gallu amlyncu ysglyfaethau byw, sugno eu perfeddion, eu gwenwyno, eu tryferu, peri iddynt ffrwydro, a dwyn ac ailddefnyddio rhannau o’u cyrff, yn ôl Dr Mitra.
Cyhoeddwyd yr erthygl ddydd Iau 3 Tachwedd, a hyd yma mae bron 95,000 o bobl wedi’i darllen ac mae wyth cyhoeddwr wedi ei hailgyhoeddi. Yr erthygl hon yw’r erthygl fwyaf poblogaidd ond un gan Brifysgol Abertawe o ran nifer y darllenwyr a’r erthygl fwyaf poblogaidd gan y Coleg Gwyddoniaeth. O ran y rhestr o awduron, mae Aditee yn y trydydd safle i Brifysgol Abertawe a’r safle cyntaf i’r Coleg Gwyddoniaeth. |
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Esgor ar Gyfnod Newydd o Fioleg Forol Mae Prifysgol Abertawe wedi buddsoddi £1.3m i adeiladu cwch arolygu dosbarth catamaran 18m pwrpasol a gaiff ei ddefnyddio gan fiolegwyr morol i deithio o forydau i ysgafell y môr er mwyn astudio cynefinoedd a bywyd gwyllt amrywiol arfordir ysblennydd Cymru.
Mae Prifysgol Abertawe wedi arwain y gad ym maes Bioleg Forol ers amser, gan ymgymryd â gwaith ymchwil mawr ei effaith, a helpu i warchod adnoddau morol ac arfordirol yng Nghymru a sicrhau y cânt eu datblygu’n gynaliadwy.
Caiff y cwch ei ddefnyddio i arolygu’r arfordir, mapio cynefinoedd hollbwysig, astudio ansawdd dŵr, arsylwi ar fywyd gwyllt y môr, defnyddio cyfarpar morol a chefnogi addysgu, ymchwil a chymorth i fusnesau.
Bydd y cwch newydd, a gaiff ei lansio ym mis Rhagfyr 2017 yn ôl y bwriad, yn gallu cludo 26 o deithwyr gydag 8 lle gwely a chyrraedd cyflymder o 23 milltir y môr gyda chyflymder criwsio o tua 16 milltir y môr, a bydd yn cynnwys y cyfarpar arolygu ac ymchwil diweddaraf.
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O fis Medi 2018 bydd yr Adran Fathemateg yn symud i’r Ffowndri Gyfrifiannu, sef cyfleuster pwrpasol o’r radd flaenaf yng Nghampws Bae Prifysgol Abertawe a fydd yn cynnig amgylchedd delfrydol ar gyfer datblygiad proffesiynol a llwyddiant ymchwilwyr a myfyrwyr fel ei gilydd. Bydd yn gartref i gymuned ffyniannus o fyfyrwyr sy’n ymddiddori mewn mathemateg a chyfrifiannu a fydd yn llunio dyfodol ein cymdeithas.
Mae symud yr Adran Fathemateg i Gampws y Bae yn atgyfnerthu man canolog yr Adran yn strategaeth Prifysgol Abertawe i ddod yn un o’r 200 Prifysgol Orau ledled y byd. Roedd Mathemateg yn un o’r adrannau academaidd cyntaf a sefydlwyd yn y Brifysgol, bron ganrif yn ôl, ac mae’n dal i fod yn un o’r adrannau pwysicaf.
Bydd ei lleoliad agos i’r adran Gyfrifiadureg, yr adran Beirianneg a’r Ysgol Reoli yn cynnig cyfleoedd newydd a chyffrous i ddatblygu cyfeiriadau arloesol ochr yn ochr â chryfderau wedi’u hatgyfnerthu. |
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Gwahoddwyd yr Athro Biagio Lucini, Pennaeth Mathemateg (yr ail ar yr ochr dde), i roi prif araith yng nghynhadledd eXtreme QCD (XQCD), a gynhaliwyd yn Plymouth, 1 3 Awst 2016. Mae’r gynhadledd hon yn rhan o gyfres flynyddol, yn rhedeg ers 2003. Cynhaliwyd cynadleddau blaenorol yn Abertawe (2005), Brookhaven, UDA (2006), Seoul, Korea (2009) a Stony Brook, UDA (2014), ymhlith lleoedd eraill.
Canolbwyntiodd cyfraniad gwadd yr Athro Lucini ar dechneg rifyddol newydd a ddatblygwyd ganddo i ddeall ffiseg mater niwclear ar ddwysedd uchel, sef un o’r problemau pwysicaf heb ei datrys eto ym maes Ffiseg Gronynnau. Gall y dechneg rifyddol a ddatblygwyd ganddo, sef y dull LLR, gael ei chymhwyso hefyd at broblemau optimeiddio ateb anodd megis plygu proteinau. |
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Dr Mary Gagen yn ymddangos ar Radio Wales Cymerodd Dr Mary Gagen, yr Adran Ddaearyddiaeth, ran ar raglen Wynne Evans ar BBC Radio Wales yn ystod mis Hydref.
Roedd Dr Gagen yn ateb cwestiynau am wyddoniaeth gan wrandawyr ifanc ac yn sôn am gynllun Science4Schools a’r digwyddiadau yn yr Oriel Wyddoniaeth.
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