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Future Circular Collider: What is it?

March 8, 2019
Feature
Earlier this year CERN announced the Future Circular Collider study aiming to build on the success of the LHC and extend its research capabilities. Our two-part feature asks, what is...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, In Depth, Physics, Policy
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The bigger the better

March 4, 2019
Feature
A UK-wide prohibition on the use of plastic microbeads in some cosmetic and personal care products came into effect in 2018, but what fundamental lessons can we learn from this...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth, Policy
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Down on the farm

February 28, 2019
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The complex balance of species which live in and around farmland are vulnerable to climate change – but we really know very little about how farm biodiversity interacts. Here Darren...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, In Depth
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The era of monetised DNA?

February 21, 2019
Feature
The next generation of genomics platforms will usher in a personalised healthcare revolution, but will they also allow individuals to monetise their DNA? You better believe it says Dr Axel...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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An affirmation of alternatives

February 11, 2019
Feature
As concern over the reliability of commercially available antibodies continues to grow, we ask: when is an antibody not an antibody? When it is an affimer – Ryan Hannan and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Chemistry, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
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Fast food

February 7, 2019
Feature
Speed breeding isn't a new concept but it could be crucial to ramping up food production in Europe in the light of recent rulings on gene editing… Regardless of where...
Earth & Environmental
Food & Bev, Food and Drink, In Depth, Policy
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Applications that make the cut

February 1, 2019
Feature
There’s been a lot of news and hype about CRISPR, but what can it actually do?  Dr Bahri Karacay take us through the hopes and limitations of the technique...  ...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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The necrosome and the killer zombie proteins

January 28, 2019
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As cell biologists gets to grips with the relatively recent discovery of non-apoptotic programmed cell death and the fact that its dysfunction can lead to disease, Dr Emma Petrie takes...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Liquid gold

January 21, 2019
Feature
Seventy years ago, a research paper published in France went almost unnoticed, but its findings led to a £250 billion global market in cancer testing. Dermot Martin brings us up...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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A very complex disturbance

January 14, 2019
Feature
Given what we know about how impactful humans have been on the environment, the idea that we actually influence natural selection doesn’t seem controversial. But the truth could well be...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Looking to the regions

January 7, 2019
Feature
The story of sci-tech companies in the north over the last 20 years has been one of incredible success – so in a post-brexit world, says Dr Chris Doherty, we...
Uncategorised
In Depth
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Beating the diamond-standard

January 4, 2019
Feature
Forget diamond – when considering super-hard materials, says Metin Örnek, the search for an alternative is on…  How hard is super-hard? With advances in material science and engineering, comes the possibility...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, In Depth, Materials, Materials Science, Physics
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