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We’ll drink to that

June 3, 2019
Insight
Dr Leonardo Chiappisi and Dr Isabelle Grillo are fascinated with the popular Italian liquor limoncello and its distinct milky appearance. But how, exactly, could this help them develop speciality chemicals?...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Interviews
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Dean’s Blue Hole

June 3, 2019
Insight
This shot was taken in May 2018 at the Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island in the Bahamas.
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Focal Point
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Where is the evidence in policy making?

May 20, 2019
Insight
When called upon to speak truth to power, CaSE’s very own James Tooze stepped up to the mark in front of a House of Commons Science & Technology Committee… here...
Uncategorised
Interviews, Policy
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Space trash

May 17, 2019
Insight
Trashy TV sci-fi, Brian Blessed and a surprising scientific gem – Russ Swan bends over backwards to justify a guilty pleasure… We all have our guilty pleasures, and one of...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Comment And Analysis, Engineering, Physics
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Brexit bomb

May 15, 2019
Insight
In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them feels to me worryingly like the first real casualty for...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Forensics, Geology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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Human microbiome

May 15, 2019
Insight
There is so much to be discovered about the human microbiome, but what we do know is pretty amazing...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis
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The remorseful scientist

May 13, 2019
Insight
In a moment of heartfelt sincerity, Dr Matthew Partridge has a very important message for all scientific equipment sales people… Dear Sales people. I am writing to you because I...
Uncategorised
Comment And Analysis
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Flea bacteria

May 9, 2019
Insight
This digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a number of yellow _Yersinia pestis_bacteria.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Focal Point, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Variety is the spice of life

May 9, 2019
Insight
This week, I have been reflecting on the strength and breadth of CaSE member organisations across the UK.  CaSE represents some of the world’s most revered universities, the most forward-thinking...
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Comment And Analysis, Policy
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A very fertile mind

May 3, 2019
Insight
Professor Simon Fishel worked with the team that created the first IVF baby in 1978 and with Nobel Prize winner Professor Sir Robert Edwards. His new book offers a glimpse...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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We are feelin’ blue

May 2, 2019
Insight
Just what is it about the colour blue and science?
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Comment And Analysis
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Better tattoo be safe

April 25, 2019
Insight
As hipster cool reaches ‘peak-ink’ the scientific literature is awash with studies on the safety of tattoos, but wonders Russ Swan isn’t this all a bit late… and is there...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis
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