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Talking toxic gases with Chris Cooper

April 26, 2011
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Toxic gases actually play an important role in the everyday functioning of our bodies. An Essex professor hopes to exactly what role they – and oxygen – playOur cells make...
Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Interviews
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Are young people really turned off by science?

April 19, 2011
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Is science becoming cool again, or are the next generation still turned off by science?
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Comment And Analysis
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Dancing queen

April 15, 2011
Insight
Wedding season is fast approaching, and the Science Lite team are begrudgingly dusting off our glad-rags and dancing shoes ready to embarrass ourselves on the dreaded dance floor.While we know...
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Comment And Analysis
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Shakespear in space

March 26, 2011
Insight
As the US Space Shuttle programme draws to a close and NASA squabbles with Obama over how best to replace it - could America’s reign of supremacy in space be...
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Comment And Analysis
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Dinosaur detective Phil Manning

March 26, 2011
Insight
Imagine getting paid to dig up dinosaurs and make a TV show about it – sounds like fun! We’re so jealous of the career this month’s Big Ask has chosenPalaeontologist...
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Interviews
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The future of UK R&D

March 26, 2011
Insight
Last month, the world’s largest drug maker, Pfizer, announced the closure of their 140-hectar site in Sandwich, Kent making 2,400 workers redundant. Pfizer are the latest in a stream of...
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Comment And Analysis
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Unlocking the secrets of the zebrafish

March 16, 2011
Insight
The zebrafish: a beautiful animal and an important research tool. As scientists, we know that the zebrafish is a useful model for human disease – it been used in genetic...
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Comment And Analysis
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Clichéd men and political eyes

March 15, 2011
Insight
Obvious men Here on the science Lite desk, we love pointless research but sometimes the results are just so obvious we wonder why the study was ever conducted in the...
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Comment And Analysis
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Changing consensus

February 26, 2011
Insight
In a recent episode of the rather excellent BBC science flagship Horizon, Sir Paul Nurse - fresh from his appointment to the presidency of the Royal Society - attempted to...
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Comment And Analysis
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Paul Scotting takes genetics into his own hands

February 26, 2011
Insight
This month Laboratory News meets the geneticist who decided to take matters into his own hands when he couldn’t find the right book to recommend to his studentsPaul Scotting is...
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Interviews
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It’s diet time

February 26, 2011
Insight
Are your jeans a little tighter after the Christmas indulgence? Some people will turn to diet books to find some weight loss advice. There is a dizzying array of literature...
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Comment And Analysis
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The future of healthcare – is it in the app?

February 18, 2011
Insight
I remember my first mobile phone – it was a Motorola, a huge brick that simply made phone calls and sent text messages. My next phone had the ability to...
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Comment And Analysis
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