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Scientific passport required by Royal Society next year

December 17, 2015
News
From 2016, all papers submitted to the Royal Society will be required to have an identification code to make paper submissions easier.
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Here are some stats on the widest section of the Earth – the mantle…

December 16, 2015
Insight
Here are some stats on the widest section of the Earth - the mantle...
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Over the moon for extreme lecture

December 14, 2015
Insight
This year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer, Dr Kevin Fong, takes his responsibility to the next generation of scientists very seriously
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Interviews
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The deep secrets of hotspot volcanoes

December 14, 2015
Feature
The improvements in geological seismic imaging techniques over the last 10 years have given us robust images of the deep mantle. But can they be used to settle a 40...
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£10 million for University of Bristol spin-out

December 11, 2015
News
Funding worth £10.1 million has been awarded to the University of Bristol spin-out – developer of technology that uses ultrasound to create tactile sensations in mid-air – to grow its...
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The venom that packs a punch for cancer

December 7, 2015
Feature
Animal venoms have exciting potential applications as new forms of chemotherapy that can attack cancerous cells. Dr Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts discusses his involvement in recent work aiming to understand the mechanism...
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What’s clearly needed is an alternative to the Turing Test. Something less likely to become a laughing stock. Something like laughter, perhaps?

December 7, 2015
Insight
As the UK languishes in the supercomputing doldrums, Russ Swan asks: Are we having a laugh? If not – then maybe we should be…
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Comment And Analysis
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£8 million to develop low-carbon technologies

December 4, 2015
News
NERC has announced £8 million for research ensuring the access of elements needed for environmental technologies.
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Time to turn away from a very modern snake-oil…

December 3, 2015
Insight
A fine chap, Simon Singh. To my mind one of our most important science communicators. And now it seems that he and his excellent Good Thinking Society have forced the...
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Comment And Analysis
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Is this the scariest image ever seen in science?

November 30, 2015
Insight
There is little point in crafting a natty introduction to this piece. We have, surely, already lost your attention to the truly horrific image on this page.
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Comment And Analysis
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