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Catch them if you can

September 12, 2016
Feature
When it comes to the performance of your fluorescence microscopy system, every photon is sacred – but how to catch as many as you can? Dr Martin Thomas has some...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Ethics of genetics: More than just designer babies

September 6, 2016
Feature
Work around the human genome and advances in the accessibility and analysis of data, creates huge opportunities for early healthcare interventions. But the advent of genomic information and evolving technology...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Lateral solar cells promise bright future

August 22, 2016
News
A team of US engineers have created high performance, micro-scale solar cells that could power a wide range of personal devices.
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Nanoparticles

August 15, 2016
Insight
Transmission electron microscopy image showing self-assembled diblock copolymer nanoparticles.
Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Analytical Chemistry, Astronomy, Chemistry, Focal Point, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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The super-organism behind Nature’s skyscraper

August 11, 2016
Feature
Notions of the ‘super-organism’ need to be invoked to truly understand the intelligence behind Nature’s skyscraper – the termite mound. Hunter King discusses the hive-mind behind these incredible structures and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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X-ray vision

August 9, 2016
Feature
Bees navigate by sensing the polarisation of light. We now know that some rainforest-dwelling bees can measure polarisation much more accurately than previously assumed. Dr Andrew Bodey tells us how...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Photosynthesis recreated in the lab

July 20, 2016
News
Swiss chemists have taken a step closer to generating energy from sunlight, by reproducing a crucial phase of photosynthesis using artificial molecules.
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Transforming cells to transform lives

July 19, 2016
Feature
A company in Scotland has devised a novel way to treat type 1 diabetes – producing lab grown islets of Langerhans for transplantation. But how does this work and what...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Artificial nose capable of detecting nerve gas created

July 14, 2016
News
An electronic ‘nose’ has been created by scientists in Belgium to detect molecules found in pesticides and nerve gas.
Chemistry
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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Who’s your daddy?

July 8, 2016
Insight
AlphaBioLabs provide DNA paternity, drug and alcohol testing services and are the only lab used by The Jeremy Kyle Show for paternity tests. This year they are due to receive...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Pharmaceutical
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