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Gas analysis – the hydrogen way

April 15, 2014
Hydrogen is considered by many to be the best carrier gas for gas chromatography and, in some of the more critical applications, it is already recognised as the carrier gas...

A catalyst for innovation

April 10, 2014
Tapping microbial diversity with metagenomics has opened the door to more efficient biocatalysis approaches. The PolyModE project was an ambitious attempt to harness this technique for areas as diverse as...

Soap bubbles in a spin

April 8, 2014
In the February issue we reported how soap bubbles can be used to model the behaviour of twisting winds – Hamid Kellay picks up the story to give us a...

Successful citizen science

April 5, 2014
In our new section where we invite our readers to tell us about their work, lives and scientific passions we hear from Katherine Mathieson, Director of Programmes at the British...

Defining a nation

April 3, 2014
How to define a nation? Its military clout? Its territories and geopolitical machinations? Its economic situation? Perhaps; certainly politicians across the land will be vigorously nodding their head – assured,...

Edinburgh student scoops Abcam award

March 24, 2014
Edinburgh student Yali Huang has won the Abcam 15 Discoveries Contest, receiving a $15,000 research grant and $1,000 worth of Abcam products. Her project – titled In vivo Differentiation Potential...

Are we living up to 2014?

March 21, 2014
2014 – it’s well and truly underway. It is the here and now – the present. But don’t you think it seems a bit, well, overly futuristic? You know…as a...

Algal biofuels Full bloom or dead in the water?

March 20, 2014
Could algae be the fuel of the future? This extremely diverse group of simple organisms is prominent in efforts to develop a green energy source to replace oil, but there...

A whole new generation

March 18, 2014
Induced pluripotent stem cells promise much for clinical and pure research, but the reliable and robust generation of these cells has proved to be a difficult task. Here we learn...

An unexpected use of the garage

March 15, 2014
In the first of a new section where we invite our readers to tell us about their work, lives and scientific passions we hear from microscopist Carole Hackney __ who...

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