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Gearing up for show time

October 11, 2018
Science populariser and broadcaster extraordinaire Maggie Philbin will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Lab Innovations. We caught up with her ahead of the event to talk Tomorrow’s World,...

The dangers of data dredging

October 4, 2018
As an academic high-flyer comes crashing down, we really should have seen this coming says Russ Swan... It's not common for a scientific paper to be retracted. It can happen for...

A very particular problem

September 25, 2018
Lives are on the line when it comes to correct understanding of how therapeutic proteins can form particulates says Professor John Carpenter.The positive impacts of therapeutic proteins on the lives...

The drugs don’t work

September 21, 2018
The fight against antibiotic resistance is real and is something we all have a responsibility in tackling. But as traditional drugs stop working, what steps are being taken now?Antibiotic resistance...

Increasing the efficiency of Cas9

September 20, 2018
Nucleic acid specialists Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) have collaborated with Stanford University to describe a novel Cas9 mutant that shows improved specificity and maintains high activity.In a study published in...

A guide to enjoying a lab brew

September 18, 2018
The tea break can be the only thing that keeps you going during those painfully long and repetitive experiments. But enjoying the humble cup of tea might be trickier than...

Buy-out sets sights on glucose responsive insulin

September 17, 2018
Diabetes specialists Novo Nordisk have acquired Ziylo, a University of Bristol spin-out company.Based at Unit DX science incubator in Bristol, Ziylo has been pioneering the use of its platform technology...

UK teams scoop Promega prize

September 14, 2018
Two UK groups are among 10 international projects to have won sponsorship from the Promega Corporation as part of the worldwide iGem competition for up and coming scientists.The iGem (International...

The Physics Behind…

September 12, 2018
Everyone has a good book inside them goes the old adage. Well, Russ Swan certainly does, but getting it out of him was no easy task…The only copy in captivity...

EPSRC announces over £5m for equality and diversity

September 10, 2018
Eleven projects have been launched at universities across the UK to improve equality, diversity and inclusion within engineering and the physical sciences.The projects have been funded with £5.5 million from...

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