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How age is affecting your mind

April 23, 2015
Prevailing theories of ageing suggest that higher cognitive abilities decline as part of a single process, due to changes in the frontal part of the brain. New research, part of...

The unbearable lightness of shrimp

April 23, 2015
It is, we sometimes find; sitting here eating doughnuts and drinking sweet tea, easy to forget the innate cruelness of Nature. To us, the barbarism that 99.9% of species on...

Vote for science policies

April 20, 2015
Ahead of the General Election, science spokespeople from the six major political parties in the UK have provided interviews about their future policies. The British Science Association (BSA) conducted series...

Industrial biotech gains £20 million

April 20, 2015
The winners of an innovative UK biotechnology competition will share £20 million for the development of 23 projects ranging from making biofuel from household waste to using bacteria to for...

Funding for chemical toxicity tool which enhances 3Rs

April 17, 2015
The ChemInteract consortium has been awarded funding to develop an innovative tool for assessing the potentially harmful effects of chemicals that are used in the environment and in consumer products....

Going out on a LIM to improve food safety

April 16, 2015
The stringent standards expected of food production are vital to ensure safety, but compliance can be difficult. However if food scientists adopt a data driven approach they can transform a...

Here we look at some stats on the visual cortex

April 16, 2015
Visual illusions trick our brain into perceiving things that do not correspond to reality. Here we look at some stats on the part of the brain – the visual cortex –...

£2 million for genome analysis development

April 13, 2015
An Oxford base genome analytics company – Genomics Limited – has been awarded £2 million after winning a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition. The competition – Enabling Technologies for...

Stop bleeding on my floor!

April 10, 2015
One of the parts of my job that I really enjoy is teaching the younger generation of scientists. Sharing my years of knowledge and experience, and watching them try to...

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