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Brexit: No-deal is a bad deal for UK science

August 9, 2019
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In a video livestreamed from his desk at Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced plans to relax immigration rules for scientists in preparation for exiting the EU...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Analytical Chemistry, Astronomy, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Earth & Environmental, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Forensics, Geology, Health & Safety, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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Game Theory: Linkage

August 5, 2019
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Games have never been more popular and in their column the newest recruits to the Lab News team, Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner, take us through a science...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Comment And Analysis, Cytology, Engineering, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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In his element

July 29, 2019
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We spoke to astrobiologist Robert Hazen whose new book, Symphony in C, draws parallels between carbon and music to help explain why the element is so essential to understanding cosmic...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Soil Science, Volcanology
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Reproducibility crisis

July 23, 2019
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Inadequate reporting, variability in reagents and the pressure to publish all contribute to the reproducibility crisis that is affecting life sciences…
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Condensed Matter Physics, Drug Discovery, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Soil Science
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Getting it wrong, incorrectly?

July 22, 2019
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Could it be that we are getting biology wrong?
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Engineering, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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What’s London’s place in the Place agenda?

July 22, 2019
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The government’s Industrial Strategy aims to unlock the potential of UK cities and towns and tackle differences in regional productivity to ensure communities across the nation can prosper. For R&D,...
Uncategorised
Comment And Analysis
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Water droplet

July 15, 2019
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This amazing image – Crack Patterns I, by Thomas Séon – shows a water droplet falling onto a silicon substrate at -36°C...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Focal Point, Materials, Materials Science, Physics
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A freshly baked conspiracy theory

July 15, 2019
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What better way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landings than with a freshly baked conspiracy theory? Russ Swan dons his shiniest aluminium-foil hat and tells us...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Comment And Analysis, Physics, Policy
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The greenest lab equipment?

July 3, 2019
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I love my job. The main reason is that I help labs save vast amounts of money whilst fighting climate change.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Policy
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A long, short trip to Mars

June 20, 2019
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Can we really get to Mars and colonise it?
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Comment And Analysis, Physics
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Glorious celebration of imposters

June 17, 2019
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Ever wondered, despite all your scientific expertise, if you’ll be uncovered as a fraud? Don’t worry about it says Dr Matthew Partridge…
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Condensed Matter Physics, Drug Discovery, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Forensics, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Strife on Mars?

June 17, 2019
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Mars may be the second-most hospitable planet in our solar system, but Martian conditions mean sustaining life there will be a huge challenge…
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Comment And Analysis, Physics
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