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An experiment doomed to fail?

May 20, 2014
In schools and colleges laboratory work spices-up science, so why has Michael Gove now decided to neutralise them? If you want to hear Chemistry students fizz with enthusiasm drop in...

Embrace the stereotype

May 19, 2014
Untameable hair and spectacles or skinny jeans and superhero t-shirts – should we worry about the publics’ stereotypical image of a scientist? Far from it says Russ Swan, time to...

Lab Gloves – the myths and realities

May 19, 2014
They may be your constant companion, but do you really know them? Nick Gardner shatters some of the myths surrounding laboratory gloves Virtually every task in the laboratory entails the...

How do we combat the anti-vaxxers?

May 16, 2014
A spike in the number of measles cases in America has been blamed on the anti-vaccination movement, but why – when science has proved that vaccination is safe – are...

Shining a light on insulin

May 15, 2014
As a protein insulin is well known and it has now proved to be an ideal model to examine the oligomeric states of therapeutic proteins using light scattering techniques  ...

Celebrating crystallography

May 15, 2014
In this section, we invite our readers to tell us about their work, lives and scientific passions, Here, Bob Newport, Professor of Materials Physics at the University of Kent, tells...

Number Cruncher 14

May 14, 2014
Scientific publishing is changing - here we look at some facts and figures

Concordat on Openness on Animal Research signed

May 14, 2014
Over 70 organisations across the scientific sector have signed the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK. The Concordat aims to help the public understand more about animal...

Laboratory health & safety…it’s elementary

May 14, 2014
Just what do those facts and figures in a safety report really mean? Nathan Watson invokes a familiar analogy to investigate the wider issue of compliance In the Sherlock Holmes...

Plant sciences in the UK – under nurtured?

May 13, 2014
A new report by the UK Plant Sciences Federation (UKPSF) reveals that a shortage of investment in plant science research and skills is preventing the UK from effectively tackling important...

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