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Game review: Parasites Unleashed

February 1, 2021
DetailsAge 8+2-4 players20 minutesZygote Games Traffic Lights Educational use – 4/6Scientific accuracy – 4/6Enjoyment – 4/6

Extreme Ultra-violet laser pulses from white light

January 27, 2021
Researchers have found a way to effectively squeeze extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) wavelengths from white light. The team's new method compresses the spectral width of broadband visible white light combined with vacuum-ultraviolet...

Plasma collision magnetic field response mapped

January 18, 2021
How does a magnetic field reconfigure during a plasma collision? Researchers use multi-angle proton probing to measure, 3D map and manipulate magnetic field strength and position using a combination of...

Robots might be acquiring empathy and intuition

January 15, 2021
"I knew you were going to do that!" Can you predict what your partner is going to do or say? Even after a 25 year marriage, this feat of emotive...

A sting in the tail… how venom is helping drug discovery in surprising ways with Steve Trim

December 17, 2020
Drug discovery is a tough endeavour - but could nature offer a helping hand? I spoke to Steve Trim, Chief Scientific Officer and Founder of Venomtech to find out why...

Calling out #nescience as nonsense

December 11, 2020
Having done his own research, Russ Swan appeals against the current vogue for innumeracy, unchecked illiteracy and pseudoscience…

T’is the season – get festive with the Royal Institution Christmas lecturers

December 3, 2020
In this year's Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, three scientists from different fields will present a unique 'user's guide' to Planet Earth. Come and meet Chris Jackson, Helen Czerski...

Game review: Strain

December 1, 2020
Details Age 10+3-7 players60 minutesHungry Robot Games Traffic Lights Educational use – 2/6Scientific accuracy – 4/6Enjoyment – 4/6

Making 3D nanosuperconductors with DNA origami

November 12, 2020
Previously, making 3D nanosuperconductors involved a very elaborate and difficult process using conventional fabrication techniques. Now, researchers have applied a DNA-programmable strategy to create useful 3D nanostructures of functional materials...

Enabling your best self – Professional development in science

November 9, 2020
If you work in science then you are already highly skilled – very highly skilled. That doesn't necessarily mean there is no room to develop yourself though...

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