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Game review: Strain

December 1, 2020
Details Age 10+3-7 players60 minutesHungry Robot Games Traffic Lights Educational use – 2/6Scientific accuracy – 4/6Enjoyment – 4/6

A research story: advancing mesoscopic physics

November 27, 2020
Behind every scientific breakthrough is an interested researcher, a legacy of knowledge and a lucky break. Dr Julien Barrier tells the story of how an observation during a training session...

#DryLabsRealScience: Teaching practicals without labs

November 16, 2020
Wondering how to teach wet science, forensics and laboratory best practice remotely? Or have you already found an engaging solution you are happy to share? Here Ian Turner, Professor in...

Frontiers survey: Early impact of COVID-19 on scientists

November 5, 2020
With scientists under such enormous political and social pressure to deliver answers to the current COVID crisis, how are global researchers holding up? We were unprepared, despite warnings, and some...

Clarifying VAT on PPE for charities during COVID pandemic

November 3, 2020
Led by GAMBICA, the trade association for the instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory industries in the UK, the lab industry is working to bring clarity to an unnecessarily confusing situation...

Nonscience Returns: You can get away with anything on TV

November 2, 2020
Biologist and broadcaster Professor Brian J Ford’s satire on science has just been updated as Nonscience Returns. Here he offers light-hearted advice to scientists about to appear on television.

Can cobots help us reach COVID test targets?

October 28, 2020
Could laboratory test automation with collaborative robots (cobots) be the answer to help 'Operation Moonshot' reach its target of half a million UK COVID tests per day asks Mark Gray...

Making it happen: young people aren’t just the leaders of tomorrow

October 23, 2020
Freelance nextgen reporter, Amy Grace, interviews Mhairi McCann; one of the Women in Engineering Society 2020 Top 50 winners and a proactive promoter of youth representation in STEM…

Career chances for technicians shouldn’t be a matter of luck

October 20, 2020
Sponsored Content The Royal Society of Chemistry’s former president Carol Robinson talks through her career path and why technicians need better support from the sector... Image: Professor Dame Carol Robinson...

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