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Deep Impact?

October 6, 2016
Since their discovery in 1877 the origin of Phobos and Deimos has been a mystery. While they look like small asteroids, their orbits are not compatible with gravitational capture. So...

Man and machine or man vs machine?

October 6, 2016
Can artificial intelligence carry out scientific research?

The fruit of our robotic labours

October 4, 2016
Robotics is not a new technology – so what has got scientists so excited recently about this scientific field? Fruit…that’s right, Agri-Tech East is bringing together scientists with industry and...

Wonderful poison

October 3, 2016
Some weird and wonderful facts about venom

Male fan-throated lizard

October 3, 2016
This is a male fan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana), a species found on open ground and in sparse forests across the Indian subcontinent.

Rat sperm and rocks with personalities that dazzle

October 3, 2016
It was most definitely party time here on the Science Lite desk a few weeks back – for it was the most important time of our year – the Ig...

UCL signs Ophthalmology MoU

September 30, 2016
UCL and Santen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on ophthalmic research and education.

Time for very careful scrutiny of the Higher Education & Research Bill

September 29, 2016
Over the summer, CaSE convened a workshop on the Higher Education & Research Bill attended by around 40 people from CaSE member organisations and collaborators across academia, industry, charities and...

Common fangtooth

September 26, 2016
One of the ocean's "monsters" is the Common Fangtooth, Anoplogaster cornuta, which has some of the biggest teeth for its size in the animal kingdom.

Synthetic biology competition launched

September 23, 2016
An annual competition has been launched to assist companies aiming to solve world issues with synthetic biology.

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