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Abandoning the event horizon

October 2, 2014
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Stephen Hawking’s recent paper on black holes suggests physicists give up the very thing that makes them so interesting; the event horizon. Doing this keeps the warring theories of general...
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Keeping tabs on gas

September 25, 2014
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We hear from Becca Dodds of Analox Sensor Technology on the importance of paying attention to gas monitoring in laboratories Atmosphere and process monitoring is an established procedure in laboratories...
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Chemistry in a parallel world

September 23, 2014
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Martyn Deals explores parallel chemistry – its origins and its future The origins of Parallel Chemistry can be traced back to the early 1990s, when the pharmaceutical industry in particular...
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Drug pollution – an aquatic time bomb?

September 18, 2014
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Dr Alex Ford discusses the effects of pharmaceuticals, like antidepressants, on aquatic wildlife The concept that minute amounts of antidepressants present in our rivers and estuaries maybe affecting aquatic life...
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In a spin: The maturing technology of Nanofibres

September 16, 2014
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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...
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Can genomics lead the fight against antimicrobial resistance?

September 11, 2014
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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...
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What to do about the laboratory skills gap

September 9, 2014
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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...
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Cutting the mustard: novel detection of Chemical Warfare Agents

September 4, 2014
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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...
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To catch a killer

September 2, 2014
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As the body count continues to rise – do we have any defence against Ebola virus? It’s the mid-seventies – and in a small village in the Republic of Zaire...
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Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Finding the needle

August 26, 2014
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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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The longest microfluidic device in the world?

August 21, 2014
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A new generation of miniaturised microfluidic devices is set to make multiplex quantitation of biomarkers affordable and portable Currently, multiple biomarkers are measured routinely by healthcare providers for diagnosis of...
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The chemistry of conservation

August 19, 2014
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We find out why chemistry is vital in preserving whale skeletons at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History Chemistry probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind when...
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