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In a spin: The maturing technology of Nanofibres

September 16, 2014
From biotechnology to thermoplastics and back again – applications for nanofibres seems endless while the electrospinning process has made the tricky move from lab curiosity to commercially viable manufacturing process...

Science and comedy with Robin Ince

September 15, 2014
Through his stand-up and broadcasting  comedian and all round science enthusiast Robin Ince has done much for the public engagement of science. We caught up with him and threw a...

Can genomics lead the fight against antimicrobial resistance?

September 11, 2014
As antimicrobial resistance becomes a global problem, Ruth Massey and Anita Justice explore whether genome sequencing has a part to play in the on-going battle Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a...

What to do about the laboratory skills gap

September 9, 2014
With an ageing technical workforce and a growing skills gap, the science, technology and engineering industries are facing a tough future. What can we do now to keep the UK...

How to play, and win, lab Risk

September 8, 2014
Let our shiny new columnist Dr Matthew Partridge take you by the hand and lead you through the niggles of life in the lab Growing up, I really hated playing...

Number Cruncher 18

September 8, 2014
A skills crisis looms when it comes to the science technician workforce

Cutting the mustard: novel detection of Chemical Warfare Agents

September 4, 2014
Successful detection of chemical warfare agents is a difficult but vital task. Scientists at Dstl Porton Down have developed a new and unlikely tool in the fight against these abhorrent...

Combating chemical warfare

September 1, 2014
 A year ago the world stood open mouthed as reports came in on the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian city of Damascus. For the first time since the...

Chairman of the bored…

August 26, 2014
As a species we like to think we are conquerors of our own niche; that we could, if it came to it, outsmart our own extinction. We are as happy...

Finding the needle

August 26, 2014
Bob Newport, Professor of Materials Physics at the University of Kent, has nominated the work of John Enderby and Peter Egelstaff in the 1960s on neutron diffraction as his Great...

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