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Breaking down the barriers

June 6, 2018
Feature
Despite the Governments recent Accelerated Access Review – barriers to adoption of new technology in the NHS is still stifling medical innovation. We need a mind-set change says Dr Anne...
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In Depth
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Turning to extremes

May 21, 2018
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A taste for pollution, extremophilic cooperation, and genetic clustering – a deep dive into the molecular biology of a rather special fungus led one group of researchers to a few...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Environment, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Time for some probing questions

May 15, 2018
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Biomedical research is heavily dependent on utilising biological and chemical probes to understand the functionality of medically relevant proteins. Yet, when it comes to chemical probes, we aren’t being careful...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Rescuing curiosity

May 11, 2018
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Research in commercial labs and companies is increasingly goal driven – but is there still room for curiosity? And how can we harness a question-based approach as we become ever...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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The complex tragedy of deforestation

May 9, 2018
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As well as removing CO2 from the atmosphere, forests also have another, less obvious, influence on the Earth’s climate. And, as deforestation continues a pace, we had better make sure...
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It’s not easy being green

May 2, 2018
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‘Green chemistry’ – just an empty buzz-word or a vital strategy for the future of chemistry? Christina Valimaki tells us why sustainability in chemistry is vital, not just for industry...
Chemistry
Chemistry, In Depth, Organic Chemistry
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A pocket full of pretty green

April 18, 2018
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Cleaning up industrial heavy metal pollution, revitalising polluted waterways and a new source of gold, can moss really hold the key to all this? You bet says king of the...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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The feel good factor

April 17, 2018
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A painfully direct question from a paralyzed patient set Professor Samantha Butler on a path to understand the neurobiology of touch and how we might rebuild damaged sensory circuits to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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A potent analytical force

April 13, 2018
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Pharma companies need more information on drug candidates at an earlier phase in the process than ever before, and analytical chemists are turning to quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (qNMR) spectrometry...
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Can we really automate paper writing?

April 5, 2018
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Every scientist has to adhere to the publish-or-perish maxim to some extent – the pressure to write papers is huge, and growing. Can automated writing really help prepare manuscripts?   Scientist’s...
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The future character of medicine

March 23, 2018
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Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. However, access to the expertise and methodologies required to characterise new nanomaterials is limited. The...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Is there a risk in being a beach bum?

March 19, 2018
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A recent study looking at the gut bacteria of surfers has given good reason for concern over the potential harm that resistant bacteria in natural environments pose to human health....
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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