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Exploding stars have a link to climate change

January 22, 2018
News
Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new research from a team from Denmark.The study reveals how atmospheric ions, produced by the energetic...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences
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Turning back the evolutionary clock

January 18, 2018
Feature
A glance back in evolutionary time, cancer diagnostics and a deep understanding of our connection to our mammalian ancestors… when a diverse group of biologists met over Skype, their interest...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Breathable atmosphere down to fungi

January 12, 2018
News
A team from Leeds University have shown that fungi were essential in the creation of an oxygen-rich atmosphere.The researchers created atmospheres resembling the ancient Earth and used computer models to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Taking on the resistance

January 12, 2018
Insight
It is no secret that there is a desperate need for a response to antimicrobial resistance, so what are we doing about it? Not nearly enough and Dr Peter Jackson...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Giant volcanic eruption drove historic global warming event

December 8, 2017
News
New research by a group of international scientists suggests that an extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was caused by a huge volcanic eruption
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Geophysics, Volcanology
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Cloudy with a chance of biology…

December 6, 2017
Feature
The delivery of membrane proteins to subcellular compartments is essential for eukaryotic life with errors causing severe diseases. Professor Michael Schrader tells us about his team’s work on the use...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Volcanic eruption linked to El Niño

December 5, 2017
News
Researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that large volcanic eruptions can prompt El Niño events.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
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Renewable energy branches out

December 4, 2017
News
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –into a renewable biomass source.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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All is not as it seems

December 4, 2017
Feature
Digital images are frequently used to provide supporting evidence within papers and reports, yet are not routinely submitted to any scientific process of authentication. In a world in which the...
Chemistry
Forensics, In Depth
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Don’t fool yourself

December 1, 2017
Feature
Are we fooling ourselves? Can science ever be free of our very human biases?
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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