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Working together for a blossoming bioeconomy

September 13, 2012
The phrase ‘sustainable bioeconomy’ may seem like obscure policy-speak, but it represents a big and important idea; one that is set to have a growing impact on all of our...

Changing the way we do research

September 11, 2012
However you manage your academic literature – increasing web availability and the ‘academic spring’ mean that there may be an easier way. Matt McKay tells us how “Just drag this...

The quest for truth

September 10, 2012
Received wisdom can be a limiting factor – even in science, but beware - warns Russ Swan - the truth does not respect dogma or personal reputation… Oh, ye humble...

It’s a question of legacy…

September 6, 2012
Laboratory News speaks to Jim Moretta, site leader at the soon-to-close Sanofi plant in Dagenham about plans for the future of the site. For more than 76 years, life-saving medicines...

NCIMB: A genetic resource for the 21st Century and beyond

September 4, 2012
Bacteria represent a rich and industrially valuable source of genetic biodiversity, but when a new species or strain is discovered, how is it preserved and made available to the scientific...

Where’s the wonder?

September 3, 2012
I think it is getting harder for science to impress. Whilst the LHC and now Curiosity undoubtedly grab the public’s interest – there seems to me to be a general...

Talking sci-novs and cancer with Dr Robin Hesketh

September 3, 2012
Dr Robin Hesketh sat down to write a novel about cancer – and coined the term sci-nov – but just where do you start?Dr Robin Hesketh didn’t want to write...

Success at the Chemical Industry Awards

August 28, 2012
SABIC UK Petrochemicals scooped the Gold Standard Skills Award at the recent Chemical Industries Awards, while Sembcorp Industries’ George Ritchie was recognised for a lifetime of work in promoting apprenticeships.The...

Curiosity reaches Mars

August 17, 2012
Mars – what is there left to learn about the big Red Planet? It’s red, it’s cold and it’s dry – that much we know. But what other secrets does...

Science goes to the movies

August 17, 2012
While reminiscing about his childhood version of Spider-Man, Russ Swan asks what type of spider would modern-day Peter Parker be bitten byYou know you’re getting old when a favourite fictional...

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