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Addressing the helium shortage

January 8, 2019
The helium shortage, party balloons and a revolutionary energy source – all the perfect ingredients for New Year knees-up say Russ Swan… We're in the full swing of party season...

Looking to the regions

January 7, 2019
The story of sci-tech companies in the north over the last 20 years has been one of incredible success – so in a post-brexit world, says Dr Chris Doherty, we...

New Year tips for last minute presentations

January 7, 2019
Forget that resolution to start completing tasks well in advance – just get really good at doing them last minute says Dr Matthew Partridge as he gives us his New...

Reaching the Government’s R&D target

December 18, 2018
In the 2017 General Election campaign, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats all made manifesto pledges to increase R&D intensity in the UK. The Tories set a target to...

It’s a dog’s life

December 17, 2018
Professor Bryan Sykes has written an absolutely cracking book on the genetic history of Man's best friend. But can the story of the domestication of dogs really be linked to...

Stepping over boundary lines

December 14, 2018
Boundaries traditionally applied to science are holding us back when it comes to solving big problems… we should embrace interdisciplinary approaches says Dr Megan Wheeler...Anti-microbial resistance. Climate change. Food insecurity....

A strange sequence of events

December 12, 2018
An enigmatic interstellar visitor, a grand failure of our space-based instruments and ever-gathering conspiracy theorists… Russ Swan considers a peculiar series of events There's something odd going on, and careful...

Science is a very human endeavor

December 6, 2018
Scientists are a hard working bunch. Very hard working in fact – but even you need time to consider other parts of your life. After all, says Matthew Partridge, science...

Taking on the quick-change artist

December 4, 2018
Many experts think we are overdue for a deadly flu pandemic – now a new collaboration is taking on the virus. Ted Schenkelberg and Russell Basser ask if we really...

Clowning around with cynicism

November 29, 2018
Cynicism is no stranger to us here on the Science light desk. Indeed it has become a close and valued ally. A comforting mental overcoat, arming us for the oh-so-smug...

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