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Saving the most beautiful experiment in physics

December 5, 2013
Feature
Described as the “most beautiful experiment in physics”,  Richard Feynman spoke of the double-slit experiment as the heart of quantum physics. He was underscoring that the diffraction of individual particles at...
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Number cruncher 9

December 5, 2013
Insight
With the opening of MERIL, we take a look at the statistics of some of the big science facilities in Europe.
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Thinking about thought experiments

December 3, 2013
Insight
Niels Bohr, a quantum physics godfather if ever there was one, once said: "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it."He is of course correct. There...
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Inspiring the next generation…how are we doing?

December 3, 2013
Feature
If you are already a STEMNET ambassador then congratulations – your hard work is really paying off. If not, then perhaps you will be inspired by this independent report into...
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A closer look at nanotechnology

December 2, 2013
Insight
Definitions of nanotechnology have been in an almost constant state of flux since the ‘birth’ of the discipline in the late 80s. I say birth, but perhaps ‘coalescence’ is a...
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Duelling dinosaurs fail to sell

November 27, 2013
Insight
A pair of duelling dinosaurs which have the potential to answer a long-standing scientific question went under the hammer at Bonham’s Auction House earlier this month, and I’m pleased to...
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Tales from a broad kinome profiler

November 26, 2013
Feature
After early promise, drugs targeting kinases have lacked the pharmacautical punch it was once thought they would deliver. Yet – as Lee Tessler discusses here – with new approaches, things...
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An interplanetary diamond-rush

November 22, 2013
Insight
Roll-up, roll-up! For we have an offer you can’t possibly refuse. A business venture, to end all business ventures. And, you lucky people, all we need is your money and...
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Jack of all trades

November 21, 2013
Feature
Microscope design has traditionally been based on the concept of relatively closed systems to meet the requirements of a limited number of applications. The advent of the open source concept...
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Award for Immunocore

November 20, 2013
News
Oxford-based Immunocore has won the Best Biotech Dealmaker Award of 2013 at the OBN (Oxfordshire Bioscience Network) annual awards. The award recognises Immunocore’s achievement in closing two major partnerships with Genentech...
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