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Biophilic building for human resilience and pandemic prevention

February 15, 2021
Derived in 1964 by the social psychologist Erich Fromm, 'biophilia' means to love life. Here, architect Robert Hopkins, explains how the application of biophilic design and sensor-led monitoring systems can...

A world’s first in proton beam research

February 4, 2021
Apologies for the newsletter misdirect if you were looking for Biophilic building for human resilience and pandemic prevention please click here otherwise do read on... Just before the first lockdown,...

Go with the flow: Transition to Vanadium batteries is gathering pace

October 12, 2020
Following up on his interview with 'Vanadium Queen', Maria Skylass-Kazacos published in our September issue, Dermot Martin looks at why the UK Government has given the green light for easier...

Solving process safety and scale up

October 2, 2020
In industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to fine chemicals, there is a need to take small, laboratory scale chemical reactions to mass manufacture of a product. Joe Willmot looks at how...

Physicist creates fifth state of matter from their living room

May 21, 2020
Dr Amruta Gadge from the Quantum Systems and Devices Laboratory successfully created a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) - considered to be the fifth state of matter - using quantum technology based...

The physics of restoration

April 30, 2020
Art plays a significant part in modern society, and the art of restoration is crucial to safeguarding our cultural heritage. Philipp Gutfreund, Research Scientist, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) explains how new...

(A)I must insist

February 10, 2020
In a data-rich research landscape – only a mix of man and machine will give us hope of extracting knowledge from experimental data. Dr Paolo Mutti takes us behind the...

Why we need a science of science

November 25, 2019
At the launch of a new initiative to understand how research is funded, practiced and evaluated, Professor Richard Jones has been wondering about scientific productivity. How it is defined, and...

Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em think…

November 11, 2019
The Ig Nobel awards ceremony is a highlight of the scientific calendar with its celebration of unconventional and irreverent research results. Jonathan Chadwick spoke to its founder and master of...

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