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Discovering how to learn science

November 19, 2014
Insight
David Porter, is L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre Manager at Royal Institution, explains how to teach science without ‘teaching’ There are many challenges facing science teachers in a school but without wanting...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Getting a handle on the right gloves

November 18, 2014
Feature
Nick Gardner explores hand protection and chemical hazards in molecular biology Molecular biology by its very nature deals with biology at the smallest level. Coupled with this, is its relatively...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Longitude Prize open for entries

November 18, 2014
News
The Longitude Prize to tackle resistance to antibiotics has opened today, 18 November. Entries for the £10m Prize should develop a transformative point-of-care test to identify when antibiotics are needed...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Controlling genes with your thoughts

November 17, 2014
News
Scientists have developed a mind-control system that allows a person to switch on genes in mice through the power of thought alone. This technology could one day be used in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Eyespots deter predatory attack

November 14, 2014
News
Many butterflies use colouration and patterns to avoid attacks from predators, protecting their most vulnerable parts from those most likely to attack them. New research from Oregon State University, Yale...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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How to hack your home with Ri Christmas lecturer Danielle George

November 12, 2014
Insight
We catch up with this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer Danielle George to find out what she has in store for budding young scientists, and what she’ll be doing over...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Separating the plant genome

November 12, 2014
News
A new approach to separating plant nuclear DNA from organellar DNA could speed up DNA sequencing and reduce costs. Plant tissues contain three separate genomes – nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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TB or not TB? How NGS will win the battle against drug-resistance

November 11, 2014
Feature
The stats on TB are deeply worrying: one–third of the world's current population has been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; new infections occur at a rate of one per second – and drug-resistance is...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Single mutation disrupts morphology of sexual organs

November 11, 2014
News
A single mutation in a gene coding for a protein deeply involved in developmental and homeostatic processes can lead to infertility not by disrupting gamete production but by causing abnormalities...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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On the move; new device follows metastasis

November 10, 2014
News
Cancer researchers have got an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis thanks to a new device which sheds light on how tumour cells travel.Engineers at Johns Hopkins University invented a device...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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