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Enemy at the gates
Added: 4 Mar 2020
As coronavirus continues to spread around the globe and vaccine hesitancy threatens the return of l…
Half billion-year-old ‘social network’ observed in early animals
Added: 4 Mar 2020
Scientists from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have discovered fossilised threads which t…
Human protein atlas sheds light on brain
Added: 4 Mar 2020
An international team of scientists has launched a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed…
Investment transforms UK cancer campus
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A new multimillion investment is to drive forward development of The London Cancer Hub – boosting e…
Prize offers £75,000 for infectious disease study
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A new award recognising individuals who have made significant contributions to the eradication of i…
Business competition to support biotech
Added: 28 Feb 2020
Automated drug discovery company Arctoris has opened entries to it’s global business competition fo…
What a tip…
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A life-long fascination, a haven for rare species and a multi-legged monster new to science… Liam O…
Caught in the long grass
Added: 19 Feb 2020
Forensic botany, the use of plants as evidence in serious crime cases, is a little-known specialist…
Bird flight secret offers aircraft design breakthrough
Added: 18 Feb 2020
A team of scientists and engineers have gained new insight in the aerodynamics of gliding birds – s…
The new frontline
Added: 13 Feb 2020
Using big data analysis and knowledge networks is the new frontier in combating infectious disease …
A certain ratio
Added: 27 Jan 2020
Has CRISPR just given us the ability to change the sex ratio in mammals? Dermot Martin reports on n…
Getting into the lab, via the stomach
Added: 26 Jan 2020
Of all the incentives lab supply companies have in their arsenal – there is one guaranteed way they…
More for less
Added: 17 Jan 2020
From monitoring cow burps to novel herbicides, cutting-edge agricultural science not only aims to f…
An ode to imagination
Added: 15 Jan 2020
Frustrated by siloed science, Dr Jennifer Rohn bemoans the lack of cross-disciplinary imagination t…
Solidified dopamine
Added: 14 Jan 2020
This mesmerizing image was captured using polarized light, giving little droplets of solidified dop…
Can we afford to cure the incurable?
Added: 14 Jan 2020
Putting us on the very cusp of a medical revolution – gene therapy could cure the incurable. But as…
Molecular clues to long-term memory storage
Added: 14 Jan 2020
A new study could shed light on the molecular changes behind the memory storage process – specifica…
NHS must research more for patient safety
Added: 8 Jan 2020
A New report from The Academy of Medical Sciences suggests that patient care is in jeopardy because…
How to make Christmas cake with ingredients from lab supply companies
Added: 23 Dec 2019
So, it is the festive period once again and you are trapped in the lab – but fear not, Dr Matthew P…
Game Theory: Phylo
Added: 20 Dec 2019
Games have never been more popular and in their column Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner take us…