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Launch of major space facilities

August 14, 2015
Two major new space facilities – the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Space’s R100 building – have opened at the UK Space...

A responsibility to reach out

August 11, 2015
In the age of the science press release, it’s tempting to think the public are engaged in scientists work. But we can’t rest on our laurels says Alex Codoreanu –...

How to write a paper (part 1)

August 10, 2015
Hangers-on, the evil axis and ‘Chekhov’s gun’ – here Dr Matthew Partridge gives us some vital tips in Part 1 of…

Sea slug

August 7, 2015
A recent expedition to the Philippines revealed more than 100 marine species new to science.

£3.7 million for diet and health research

August 7, 2015
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and a consortium of 14 food and drink companies have announced funding of £3.7 million for diet...

The world’s largest salt flat

August 3, 2015
Luminous purple sky mirrored in the thin sheet of water across the world's largest salt flat in Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia.

Cut out the media middle-man

August 2, 2015
The lament of scientists to be given fair air time and column inches in the popular media is a long and sombre one. Moreover, it is a battle for accuracy...

Funding for food supply research

July 31, 2015
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have announced funding of over £4 million to improve food supply sustainability. The funding has...

New protocol for old microscopes…

July 28, 2015
As he continues his journey into the lost world of the Leeuwenhoek microscope...Brian J Ford asks, just how many genuine examples are there?

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