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How green is my chemistry?

January 8, 2021
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Following up on his recent podcast with Phil discussing extraction of botanicals for gin production, Simon Osborne gives us the lowdown on how green chemistry with microwaves can resolve bottlenecks...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Interviews, Organic Chemistry
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Inhouse genetic analysis

January 7, 2021
Insight
Here, Dr Philip Hargreaves (business development) and Gabriela Saldanha (product management) discuss the drivers and lessons learned behind Promega's successful development collaboration with Hitachi High-Tech…
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics
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To improve reproducibility; look first to pipetting

January 4, 2021
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With years of experience and expertise with pipettes, Gustavo Chavarria outlines pipetting factors and practices that lead to success and reproducibility in the lab…
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Forensics, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Streamlining critical workflows

January 4, 2021
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Research technician, Yvette Hoade, explains how electronic pipettes and pipetting robots help speed up her workflow when investigating mutations associated with different blood diseases that can lead to leukaemia.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Haematology, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Healthcare takes on psychedelics – an emerging market led by Europe

December 17, 2020
Insight
More and more revolutionary mind-altering medicines and treatments based on active ingredients previously spurned as street drugs, such as ketamine and psilocybin (magic mushrooms), are gaining acceptance with regulators. Clinical...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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‘Don’t try this at home!’ – a tale of caution from the BMJ’s Christmas issue

December 16, 2020
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The BMJ take a cautious, christmassy look at the total toxicity of George's Marvellous Medicine and find it may 'kill you to death' many times over. A bit like an...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Calling out #nescience as nonsense

December 11, 2020
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Having done his own research, Russ Swan appeals against the current vogue for innumeracy, unchecked illiteracy and pseudoscience…
Uncategorised
Comment And Analysis
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Planet Earth: A user’s guide

December 4, 2020
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In the 2020 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, three expert scientists from different fields will reveal some hidden wonders of the Earth and explore human impact on our planet. In anticipation...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Geophysics, Oceanography
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Game review: Strain

December 1, 2020
Insight
Details Age 10+3-7 players60 minutesHungry Robot Games Traffic Lights Educational use – 2/6Scientific accuracy – 4/6Enjoyment – 4/6
Uncategorised
Comment And Analysis
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A research story: advancing mesoscopic physics

November 27, 2020
Insight
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...
Physics & Engineering
Engineering, Interviews, Particle Physics, Physics, Solid State Physics, Theoretical Physics
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#DryLabsRealScience: Teaching practicals without labs

November 16, 2020
Insight
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Botany, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Forensics, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology
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Frontiers survey: Early impact of COVID-19 on scientists

November 5, 2020
Insight
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...
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Covid-19
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