Articles tagged with "Chemistry"

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Close to the madding crowd

August 4, 2015
To engage the public in your work, whilst also solving that all-important research funding problem? It is possible – and harnessing the potential of ‘the crowd’ is the key...

Solar energy storage taken to next level

July 30, 2015
Chemists at UCLA have developed technology that can store solar energy for up to several weeks rather than for a few microseconds. Inspired by the way plants generate energy, the...

Ultracold molecules hint at quantum behaviour

June 30, 2015
By achieving the lowest temperature ever recorded, scientists have managed to create ultracold molecules which seem to exist in exotic state.  A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Bringing biotech to industry

June 16, 2015
Recent large-scale investment has seen Industrial Biotechnology hit the headlines. It is a rapidly growing sector here in the UK, and predicted to be worth up to £12 billion by...

Can pollen make it rain?

June 10, 2015
Researchers have discovered that broken pollen particles can trigger cloud formation. Scientists at the University of Michigan used a cloud condensation nuclei counter and found that when pollen gets wet,...

GOING LIVE! How to gain an advantage for live cell imaging

June 9, 2015
Dynamic imaging can reveal so much about cell biology, but which camera system is best for your lab? Here we pit CCD and sCMOS together in a battle royale…

Biotech crowdfunding with bite

May 19, 2015
Crowdfunding is becoming de rigueur for many enterprising small businesses – but is it really a suitable financial solution for biotech? Steve Trim thinks so, and he has the success...

Biology gets the blues

May 12, 2015
The UK has an enviable legacy when it comes to biological research…but do we take it for granted?

The power of partnership takes on HIV

April 28, 2015
Having already made notable contributions to our understanding of how HIV works, Professor Andrew Lever talks about how his team’s most recent research is being driven forward through open collaboration...

It’s not all CSI at the forensics exhibition

April 27, 2015
Wellcome Collection has opened an exhibition focused on the history, science and art of forensic medicine. 'Forensics: The anatomy of crime' exhibition covers from crime scene to courtroom, across centuries and...

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