All Policy
Time to be selective
Added: 15 Dec 2019
As the AMR crisis looms large, we would do well to look beyond classic drug targets says Dr Thomas …
The hidden power of mathematics
Added: 12 Dec 2019
As she gets set to tread the boards for the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Dr Hannah Fry tal…
Moving from push to pull
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Nothing less than an entirely new model of drug development is needed if we are to create new antib…
Priorities ahead of UK general election
Added: 3 Dec 2019
Perhaps never before has UK politics appeared to move so quickly yet largely stood still.
A very positive destruction
Added: 2 Dec 2019
Totally eradicating disease is a very rare thing indeed and requires, among other things, global co…
Just good sense
Added: 29 Nov 2019
Síle Lane is on a mission to challenge misrepresentation of science and evidence. She is leading t…
Why we need a science of science
Added: 25 Nov 2019
At the launch of a new initiative to understand how research is funded, practiced and evaluated, Pr…
Money talks... and heals
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Beware the dreaded hyperbole. That is always in the forefront of my mind when writing for you. But …
Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em think…
Added: 11 Nov 2019
The Ig Nobel awards ceremony is a highlight of the scientific calendar with its celebration of unco…
11,000 scientists declare climate emergency
Added: 6 Nov 2019
More than 11,000 scientist signatories support new a paper warning of “untold human suffering” that…
Time to reconcile science and philosophy
Added: 4 Nov 2019
Despite close historical ties, philosophy and science have had a bumpy relationship in the modern e…
UK government withdraws fracking support
Added: 4 Nov 2019
The government has withdrawn its support of fracking in England until further scientific evidence i…
NHS England urges homeopathy ban
Added: 28 Oct 2019
NHS England has written to the Professional Standards Agency urging it to remove its accreditation …
A bad acid trip
Added: 21 Oct 2019
Ocean acidifcation, the lesser known relative of global warming, causes particular damage to coral …
The power of imaging everything in the lab
Added: 18 Oct 2019
Snapping pictures in the lab is more than just posting selfies on social media, says Dr Matthew Par…
Brexit already damaging UK science, says Royal Society
Added: 17 Oct 2019
Figures released by the Royal Society indicate the damaging impact on UK science caused by the unce…
AI university to open in UAE next year
Added: 16 Oct 2019
The world’s first graduate level research university dedicated to AI will welcome its first intake …
Wellcome Trust on the hunt for best public engagement
Added: 16 Oct 2019
The Wellcome Trust has launched an initiative to find the best examples of public engagement projec…
ESA opens calls for ISS lab upgrade
Added: 14 Oct 2019
The European Space Agency is looking for industry help to upgrade the Columbus laboratory aboard th…
Innovation and sustainability for your lab
Added: 14 Oct 2019
Source new technologies, future-proof your laboratory and find out ways to make procurement sustain…
