Insights

Wet information processing with Maurits de Planque

February 1, 2010
So often it appears that nature has pipped technology to the post, and information processing is no exception. Scientists are creating a new kind of ’wet’ information processing technology capable...

Animal ethics – pets or research tools

January 26, 2010
Animal ethics is a difficult subject – how do we tally our affection for animals as pets with our carnivorous tendencies and use of animals in laboratories. While chef star...

Cell communication with Rune Linding

January 1, 2010
Understanding communication between cells is crucial because many forms of cancer and other diseases are caused by the breakdown of communications systems. A cutting edge technique that enables scientists to...

Christmas Science

December 1, 2009
We go all festive in the first of our new section where our girl Leila Sattary climbs atop her soap box and tells it like it is_It’s that time of...

Mission to Mars: François Bosquillon de Frescheville has the answer

December 1, 2009
As if getting to Mars wasn’t a big enough challenge to start with – it turns out the really hard part is keeping in contact with Earth – we chat...

Smashing particles with Roger Jones

November 1, 2009
In the first in a new section where we get to quiz the people behind the discoveries - we meet the man who is tasked with stopping the next generation...

Secrets preserved in time

May 14, 2009
From understanding growth processes in minerals and how metals are deposited within the earth, to understanding fish migration patterns - Zircon dating technology at the Natural History Museum has proved...

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