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The flora and fauna of modern forensics

June 6, 2018
The postmortem microbiome, forensic botany and some very angry creationists… when Professor Nathan H. Lents isn’t pushing forensic science in a very interesting direction he is writing some rather fabulous...

Therapeutics LIVE!

May 21, 2018
It has access to the largest surface area of the body, alters drugs before they even enter the blood stream and could be a potent medicinal weapon… yet there is...

Turning to extremes

May 21, 2018
A taste for pollution, extremophilic cooperation, and genetic clustering – a deep dive into the molecular biology of a rather special fungus led one group of researchers to a few...

Pure chemicals company raises finance

May 18, 2018
A Liverpool based chemical intermediates company has raised £1.5m in equity finance to support the Company’s growth plans and increase production capacity overseas.The Company, originally a spin-out from Liverpool University,...

Time for some probing questions

May 15, 2018
Biomedical research is heavily dependent on utilising biological and chemical probes to understand the functionality of medically relevant proteins. Yet, when it comes to chemical probes, we aren’t being careful...

Rescuing curiosity

May 11, 2018
Research in commercial labs and companies is increasingly goal driven – but is there still room for curiosity? And how can we harness a question-based approach as we become ever...

It’s not easy being green

May 2, 2018
‘Green chemistry’ – just an empty buzz-word or a vital strategy for the future of chemistry? Christina Valimaki tells us why sustainability in chemistry is vital, not just for industry...

The feel good factor

April 17, 2018
A painfully direct question from a paralyzed patient set Professor Samantha Butler on a path to understand the neurobiology of touch and how we might rebuild damaged sensory circuits to...

Supercomputer models cloud microphysics

April 11, 2018
An international group of researchers have for the first time accurately calculated the effects of aerosols on clouds in a climate model.The team lead by researchers from the Advanced Institute...

Spin out takes on plastic oceans

March 26, 2018
A new spinout company founded on technology that can turn waste from plastic, tyres and biomass into high quality transportation fuels and chemicals has been formed by Oxford University.Oxford Sustainable...

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