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There’s no story quite like our own – Jon Agar

July 12, 2012
There’s no story quite like our own – we catch up with an author who has tackled the history of science in the twentieth centuryScience since the beginning of the...

Harnessing the power of plants with Professor George Lomonossoff

June 1, 2012
Nature can provide the starting point for many drugs, pharmaceuticals and vaccines – and plants are no exception. Professor George Lomonossoff has recently been named Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...

Exploring the world under our feet with Paul Younger

May 3, 2012
One scientist plays Indiana Jones to explore the world beneath our feetPaul Younger has photographed some of the most exceptional rocks on the planet – including some of the very...

Dating agency for scientists – not quite says Andrew McElroy

April 2, 2012
A kind of dating agency for scientists; The Research Network at Discovery Park aim to find the right person for the right job.Last year, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced they were...

Mary Ryan tries to save the last Flying Pencil

February 1, 2012
Drs Mary Ryan and Amy Cruickshank are in a race against time to save the last remaining intact Flying PencilDuring the Battle of Britain, a German light Bomber – a...

Award winning lecturer Chick C Wilson

November 23, 2011
This month we catch up with a chemist from Bath who’s been lecturing on misbehaving moleculesChick Wilson - from the University of Bath – has recently been awarded  the 2011...

Diamond’s always different for Claire Pizzey

November 1, 2010
No two days are ever the same at Diamond – the UK’s synchrotron light facility. Laboratory News caught up with industrial liaison scientist Dr Claire Pizzey to find out whyThe...

Exploring sharks’ sens of smell with Jonathan Cox

June 1, 2010
Sharks have really sensitive noses – they can smell a drop of blood from almost 1km away – but how they’re able to do this has always been a puzzle....

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