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Oi you… leave that experiment alone!

March 11, 2019
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Don’t go and get all grabby if your experiment is not working says Matthew Partridge… just wait it out and keep your hands to yourself.The average science experiment has two...
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Comment And Analysis
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Spending a penny to battle pandemics

March 11, 2019
Insight
As the seat-belt light stubbornly refuses to go out, and the three G&Ts sunk even before the pilot even levelled out begin to nip at the bladder, a visit to...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis
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One man’s trash

March 7, 2019
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Plastics have become a deeply worrying environmental issue, but it is unlikely that demand will drop… so are there alternative production methods which could be more environmentally sound? We chat...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Geology, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science
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Chameleon embryo

March 5, 2019
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This incredible image was awarded 'Honorable Mention status in the 2018 Nikon Small World competition.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Focal Point, Pharmaceutical
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Brexitium and the new science guidelines

March 4, 2019
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With tongue rammed firmly in cheek Russ Swan casts the wryest of eyes over the omni-shambles of Brexit and what it means for UK science…This is big. Having been granted...
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Immigration post-Brexit: A scientific viewpoint

February 26, 2019
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We have used many column inches in Lab News to talk about immigration, but rather than focusing on current issues with immigration policy we have been looking at how a...
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Comment And Analysis, Policy
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A word on Watson…

February 20, 2019
Insight
That a scientist who uncovered the very structure of the code of life should be called out on racism feels like a huge blow to the standing of biology. But...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis
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Picking your way through deadlines

February 19, 2019
Insight
When is a deadline really a deadline? It is a tricky skill to learn, but learn it you must… otherwise you could end up wearing the visitors’ lab coat, says...
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Crop crisis

February 15, 2019
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Regardless of where you stand on the ethics of GM food, one thing is undeniable – a recent decision by the European Court of Justice has made the job of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis
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Reading the immune system

February 14, 2019
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It is a combination of academia and industry which is helping Aleksandr Kovaltsuk read the logbook of the immune system…In the last three decades, scientists have developed various techniques to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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All aboard the space bus

February 12, 2019
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This year could finally see mankind scratch that space-bound itch and develop commercial, manned space-flight. But, says Russ Swan, that may not be what it seems…   The age-old dream of spaceships...
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Comment And Analysis
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Human neurons

February 6, 2019
Insight
This incredible image was awarded 'Image of Distinction' status in the 2018 Nikon Small World competition.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Focal Point
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