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The flying squad! Designer drugs and how to beat them

April 9, 2015
New ‘designer drugs’ are constantly emerging, and this presents increased challenges for forensic toxicologists involved in drugs of abuse screening. Here, Tony Drury discusses the use of time-of-flight MS to...

An intimate solution

April 8, 2015
Kimberley Bexon takes us through a new approach to tackle sexual assaults through microRNA analysis

The journey to the exascale

March 31, 2015
So much of modern science has become reliant on the correct processing and analysis of big data – but how have we arrived at the point where computing power is...

UKTI assists growth of life science companies

March 27, 2015
Computational chemistry software provider Cresset has managed to break into the Chinese market with support from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). To find customers from foreign markets Cresset employed UKTI...

There’s only one way to settle this

March 26, 2015
Debate. It is, in so many ways, the bedrock of science. Without dissemination and, more importantly, critical analysis then findings become isolated – they wither on the vine.

Funding for quantum engineer training

March 25, 2015
Following the Chancellor’s budget announcement, the government is committing up to £15 million to train the next generation of quantum engineers. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will fund...

How to solve the funding puzzle…

March 24, 2015
The biggest challenge facing start-ups and science SMEs? It has to be funding. Here, Dr Geoff Davison considers some of the current opportunities available for accessing that all important financing

£40 million for UK synthetic biology

March 23, 2015
The UK will invest £40 million in synthetic biology to investigate bacteria found in fossil fuels as a source of chemicals for everyday products. Business Secretary Vince Cable announced that...

The never ending dream of perpetual motion

March 20, 2015
When a moment’s idleness leads Russ Swan back to his childhood dream of perpetual motion he is surprised to learn that optimism is still used to do battle with Nature

Budget 2015 – what it means for science

March 19, 2015
In this year’s budget, Chancellor George Osborne pledged over £240 million of extra money for science and innovation and detailed how previously announced – unallocated – funds will be spent.The...

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