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Prize offers £75,000 for infectious disease study

February 28, 2020
A new award recognising individuals who have made significant contributions to the eradication of infectious diseases has been launched by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in memory of eminent...

Business competition to support biotech

February 28, 2020
Automated drug discovery company Arctoris has opened entries to it’s global business competition for drug discovery entrepreneurs.

Caught in the long grass

February 19, 2020
Forensic botany, the use of plants as evidence in serious crime cases, is a little-known specialist area despite having its origins centuries ago. We spoke to Mark Spencer, one of...

A certain ratio

January 27, 2020
Has CRISPR just given us the ability to change the sex ratio in mammals? Dermot Martin reports on new research which, while delivering an economic boost for livestock farmers, leaves...

An ode to imagination

January 15, 2020
Frustrated by siloed science, Dr Jennifer Rohn bemoans the lack of cross-disciplinary imagination that still lingers in the minds of some scientists

Solidified dopamine

January 14, 2020
This mesmerizing image was captured using polarized light, giving little droplets of solidified dopamine their beautiful colours.

Can we afford to cure the incurable?

January 14, 2020
Putting us on the very cusp of a medical revolution – gene therapy could cure the incurable. But as demand grows for these marvellous medicines, have we enough capacity to...

How to make Christmas cake with ingredients from lab supply companies

December 23, 2019
So, it is the festive period once again and you are trapped in the lab – but fear not, Dr Matthew Partridge has a rather incredible lab-based Christmas plan for...

The hidden power of mathematics

December 12, 2019
As she gets set to tread the boards for the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Dr Hannah Fry talks romantic maths, AI and Rubik's cubes…

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