February 28, 2020

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

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry

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...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Forensics, In Depth

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...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Biotech, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical

January 26, 2020

Of all the incentives lab supply companies have in their arsenal – there is one guaranteed way they can entice you to buy their products…

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy

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

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Health & Safety, Interviews, Materials, Physics

January 14, 2020

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

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Focal Point, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical

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...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, In Depth, Pharmaceutical

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...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Food & Bev, Food Science, Health & Safety

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…

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Interviews, Physics, Policy

December 9, 2019

A new institute collaboration will allow scientists to study viral diseases in greater detail.

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics