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Tully monster debate reignited

March 8, 2017
A group of paleobiologists are refuting claims made last year about the classification of the ‘Tully monster’.

Fossil discovery prompts rethink of penguin evolution

March 7, 2017
The discovery of the fossil of a penguin shows the species was around during the age of the dinosaurs, according to a team of scientists from Germany and New Zealand.

A taste for understanding

March 7, 2017
As consumers become ever more label savvy, demand for foods with fewer ingredients is growing – but how to achieve this whilst keeping food cheap, convenient, and tasty?

A right royal success

March 6, 2017
Following a fellowship award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Alice Hagan set about developing an oncological knock-out punch. Here she talks microbeads, cancer starvation, and the...

Bacterial protection offers hope against coral degradation

February 28, 2017
Coral reefs may be protected from bleaching by bacteria in certain microbiomes, according to researchers in Saudi Arabia.

The eyes have it for deep sea squid’s survival

February 23, 2017
The first behavioural evidence for why a deep sea squid has developed an ocular oddity has been collected by researchers in the US.

New approach for polio vaccine

February 22, 2017
Researchers in Leeds have proposed a new method to create a polio vaccine that does not require use of the live virus.

Less is more for the gatekeeper of oncology

February 21, 2017
Late last year Dr Tony Ocasio discovered a first generation cancer inhibitor. Here he talks about the science – and the art – of cancer drug discoveryWhy did you decide...

How’s your game?

February 21, 2017
Reliable, precise and trusted – however, a pipette performs only as well as the operator’s technique allows. As demand accuracy and precision increases, the importance of understanding and developing optimal...

Ruling in CRISPR patent battle

February 20, 2017
As a key verdict in the legal battle over exploitation of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology is handed down disagreement still abounds…

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