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The law of unintended consequences

December 20, 2013
Russ Swan finds the unpredictable outcomes of genetic sequencing technology, well, rather predictableOf all the laws of the universe, from Murphy's to Boyle's to Newton's third, I think my favourite...

Comets: The planetary architects

December 19, 2013
One wiped out the dinosaurs; others have formed some of the world’s lakes; and the Moon is thought to have formed following a collision between the Earth and a body...

Award for talented eight

December 18, 2013
Eight recent graduates are set to follow in the footsteps of luminaries such as Professor Peter Higgs and Paul Dirac after receiving £80,000 each to develop innovative commercial technologies as...

Unlocking the hidden value of your lab

December 17, 2013
It is the norm that a science company or educational institution in possession of used lab equipment will simply discard it for want of new equipment. But there could be...

A year in science

December 16, 2013
With Britain being touted as the ‘best place in the world to do science’, what part have British scientists played in this years’ scientific success?In Science Britannica, Professor Brian Cox...

How to flex, bend and stretch

December 13, 2013
As microprocessors get smaller only nanotechnology can further the miniaturisation of technology. Here we learn how a nanotech approach is helping to bring flexible electronic devices to market   Today’s information...

A window into live cell RNA

December 12, 2013
Detecting intracellular gene expression is vital when performing knockdown studies – it is also difficult. Here, Don Weldon and Grace Johnston demonstrate a way of examining RNA levels in live...

Meet MERIL

December 10, 2013
Martin Hynes and Sarah Moore introduce us to MERIL, a recently launched public database of Europe’s scientific research facilitiesMERIL has been established as an open online resource providing information on...

Searching for a nano-blockbuster

December 9, 2013
Andreas M. Nyström offers a perspective on nanomedicine advances and challenges in research and businessNanomedicine is a broad scientific area spanning the research areas of biology, medicine, chemistry, and engineering,...

Nanoparticles deliver punch to breast cancer

December 5, 2013
Triple negative breast cancer – an aggressive form of the disease – is very difficult to treat; researchers at MIT have developed a way to weaken tumour defences before striking...

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