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Four is the magic number

June 16, 2013
Think H20 can only exist in three phases - solid, liquid and gas? Think again…a laboratory at the University of Washington has discovered a surprising new property of water. Here...

A battery of tests…

June 13, 2013
Recent high profile problems with the Dreamliner have highlighted the importance of getting battery technology right – but could Boeing have avoided the issues with the 787’s lithium batteries with...

Why true innovation means not following the crowd

June 11, 2013
Attracting funding for a new drug therapy is never easy – particularly when the treatment hasn’t yet been clinically trialled. But, as one developer discovered, it can be done. Incanthera,...

POWER to the people

June 6, 2013
Citizen science is experiencing a renaissance and with numerous projects available, non-scientists are proving that a PhD doesn’t have to be a prerequisite to the scientific endeavour. You can even...

Out on a LIMS

June 4, 2013
 Mobile devices are now ubiquitous in our personal lives – and it’s time for the revolution to move into the laboratory says Seamus Mac ConaonaighImagine that you’re a field technician...

Why are some fathers left holding the baby?

May 23, 2013
Sex-role reversal in the animal kingdom, where it’s the father, not the mother that takes care of its young has mystified researchers since Darwin. But new research at Bath and...

Let’s do lunch

May 21, 2013
 Materials testing is a laboratory technique that knows almost no bounds. By the addition of the appropriate sample grips, fixtures and accessories, a single test instrument can be transformed into...

Inner space – a review of microinjection

May 16, 2013
The manipulation of genetic material is perhaps the single greatest biological advance of the last century. Here we examine the past, present and future of the most important tool of...

Building a home for innovation

May 14, 2013
Scheduled to open in 2015, the National Graphene Institute will be a world-leading research and incubator centre dedicated to the development of graphene, helping keep the UK at the forefront...

Overcoming the barrier to ALS

May 9, 2013
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative condition for which there is currently no effective treatment. Here we highlight the importance of enhancing drug delivery to the brain of potential treatments of...

All creatures great and small

May 7, 2013
If we want secure food supplies and an ability to tackle emerging disease – we need to turn our attention to animal health. No longer considered the poor cousin to...

Mind the (size) gap

April 25, 2013
 Large biological molecules continue to be strong candidates in drug development pipelines. Stephen Ball describes some of the techniques being used to measure protein aggregation in these biopharmaceuticals  As biological...

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