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The starkest of contrasts

July 3, 2014
Feature
In mid-April, the latest volume from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was published, assessing current and future action to reduce carbon emissions. Coincidentally this came out just as...
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Environmental Science – the perfect multidiscipline

July 3, 2014
Insight
As an endeavour, Environmental Science is surely the prime example of the term ‘multidisciplinary’. Spanning physics, biology, chemistry, oceanography, atmospheric science, soil science, ecology to name but a few –...
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Versarien acquire 85% of graphene start-up

June 26, 2014
News
Versatile materials company Versarien has acquired 85% of the shares in the University of Manchester subsidiary 2-D Tech Limited. The deal is a step towards creating Graphene City in Manchester,...
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Widening the wheat gene pool

June 24, 2014
Feature
Our most dominant crop has a worrying lack genetic diversity. Here, we learn about a UK programme aiming to change this, whilst also improving the germplasm pool to yield better...
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Research Councils adopt new reporting platform

June 20, 2014
News
The seven UK Research Councils have announced they are to begin using a uniform digital platform for collecting outputs from research they support. ResearchFish will allow the funding bodies –...
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Origami on the microscopic

June 18, 2014
News
Dutch researchers have taken the ancient art of origami down to the microscopic level, folding flat sheets of silicon nitride into cube, pyramids, bowls and long triangular structures with only...
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Travel Fellowships for science communicators

June 17, 2014
News
To mark its 50th anniversary in 2015, the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust is to invest £1.2m in British citizens by awarding a record number of Travelling Fellowships. In particular, the...
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Two tribes go to pour

June 17, 2014
Insight
Strange, is it not? The places which can inflame the imagination. The things which can spark thought. For Newton, a falling apple was all it took. A particularly contemplative bath...
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Liver cells…in 3D

June 17, 2014
Feature
With a breakthrough that led to the first ever in-vitro expansion of liver stem cells, researchers from the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute think they are on the brink...
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Europe divided on GM

June 16, 2014
Insight
Genetically modified crops are cause for debate in Europe; but in the UK field trials push ahead Over the last two decades, the perception of GM crops has changed dramatically....
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