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Finding the next generation of cancer therapy

November 28, 2018
Having been awarded a grant from The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 – Carlos Julià is determined to reduce the cost of next generation cancer therapies by using...

Squeezed nitrogen reveals surprising crystal

November 26, 2018
An unusually complex form of one of the most abundant chemical elements on Earth has been revealed in the lab for the first time.Researchers from the University of Edinburgh created...

Joint spin-out creates holey water

November 20, 2018
The University of Liverpool and Queen’s University Belfast have jointly created a spin-out company to develop a new class of materials known as porous liquids.The material is a new class...

AI enhanced NMR sets record

November 19, 2018
Swiss scientists have created a method that can be combined with NMR spectroscopy to determine the exact location of atoms in complex organic compounds.The team, from École Polytechnique Fédérale de...

Biodegradable Microbowls

November 8, 2018
Biodegradable Microbowls by Tayo Sanders II from the University of Oxford. Many tumours lack an extensive network of blood vessels, making it difficult for anti-tumour drugs to reach their deeper...

Understanding battleground earth

November 8, 2018
Falk Hildebrand takes through the first global study of the soil microbiome. This incredible international effort uncovered worrying human impact, antibiotic production and one hell of a microbial battle. You’ll...

The new ice age

October 22, 2018
Cryo-storage is a multibillion-dollar industry, but surprisingly we are not very good at it. Here, Alice Fayter and Matthew Gibson talk extremophiles, ice and a new generation of biological cold...

Chemical safety project advances

October 9, 2018
An alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences has announcing a number of advances its Chemical Safety Library Service.The project, run by the Pistoia Alliance, captures,...

The chips are down

October 9, 2018
Is it really possible to recreate a human on a chip? That is the ultimate aim of organ on a chip technology and we are getting closer. Here we explore...

A light touch

September 28, 2018
Researchers at the European Graphene Flagship have designed a molecule that can reversibly undergo chemical transformations when illuminated with light. This molecule – a photoswitchable spiropyran– can be anchored to...

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