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A distinctly combinatorial approach

February 12, 2018
As energy costs go up, will we be able to leverage the power of the sun to produce chemicals? Meet Dr Timothy Noël, who last year scooped the DECHEMA award...

T’is the season to be queasy

February 7, 2018
As the flu season continues to wreak havoc – with so-called ‘Aussie flu’ on the rampage _– we get to the science behind the headlines Influenza is a complicated and therefore...

Exploding stars have a link to climate change

January 22, 2018
Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new research from a team from Denmark.The study reveals how atmospheric ions, produced by the energetic...

Turning back the evolutionary clock

January 18, 2018
A glance back in evolutionary time, cancer diagnostics and a deep understanding of our connection to our mammalian ancestors… when a diverse group of biologists met over Skype, their interest...

Breathable atmosphere down to fungi

January 12, 2018
A team from Leeds University have shown that fungi were essential in the creation of an oxygen-rich atmosphere.The researchers created atmospheres resembling the ancient Earth and used computer models to...

Taking on the resistance

January 12, 2018
It is no secret that there is a desperate need for a response to antimicrobial resistance, so what are we doing about it? Not nearly enough and Dr Peter Jackson...

Giant volcanic eruption drove historic global warming event

December 8, 2017
New research by a group of international scientists suggests that an extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was caused by a huge volcanic eruption

Cloudy with a chance of biology…

December 6, 2017
The delivery of membrane proteins to subcellular compartments is essential for eukaryotic life with errors causing severe diseases. Professor Michael Schrader tells us about his team’s work on the use...

Volcanic eruption linked to El Niño

December 5, 2017
Researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that large volcanic eruptions can prompt El Niño events.

Renewable energy branches out

December 4, 2017
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –into a renewable biomass source.

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