Insights

A right royal institution: Professor Aoife McLysaght

November 29, 2018
This year, The Royal Institution Christmas lectures will, for the first time in its 194-year history, feature not one but two lecturers. Accompanying Professor Alice Roberts for her Who am...

Finding the next generation of cancer therapy

November 28, 2018
Having been awarded a grant from The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 – Carlos Julià is determined to reduce the cost of next generation cancer therapies by using...

Split the difference

November 22, 2018
Our brains can integrate left and right functions... so why can't our society do the same?

Influenza epidemic

November 12, 2018
We are overdue an influenza epidemic and the hunt is on for a universal flue vaccine. Here we look at some sickness stats...

Matter and antimatter

November 8, 2018
While a well-honed scientific theory can cut through to reveal clarity, dig deeper and the facade slips leaving us holding an empty cup...Never is this starker than at the cutting...

Biodegradable Microbowls

November 8, 2018
Biodegradable Microbowls by Tayo Sanders II from the University of Oxford. Many tumours lack an extensive network of blood vessels, making it difficult for anti-tumour drugs to reach their deeper...

Using science to change our world

October 24, 2018
As the Royal Institution sets it sights on expanding the public understanding of science, we hear from its new Director on how he wants everyone to develop a lifelong journey...

The art of taking things apart

October 23, 2018
Science presenter, broadcaster and even physical phenomena namer… we spent a minute with Steve Mould ahead of his keynote talk at Lab Innovations What first sparked your interest in science...

Award-winning cliché

October 23, 2018
Much more than a mere sardonic finger wag at the apparently ridiculous, the Ig Nobels celebrate scientific originality and curiosity in their most spectacular forms...First make them laugh, then make...

CaSE still holds Government accountable on immigration issues

October 22, 2018
CaSE has once again been highly active on immigration policy. Following our previous work around the arbitrary Tier 2 visa cap, the Government changed their policy so that those coming...

How to say ‘no’ to more work

October 18, 2018
I have a busy life. I have a full time research position, I write stuff for the internet and I’m a single parent. While all three seem to involve drawing...

Microfluidic devices

October 12, 2018
Organ on a chip technology is a new approach designed to created miniaturised physiological systems suitable for drug discovery – it relies on microfluidics. Here are some stats...

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