Insights

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...

Gearing up for show time

October 11, 2018
Science populariser and broadcaster extraordinaire Maggie Philbin will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Lab Innovations. We caught up with her ahead of the event to talk Tomorrow’s World,...

The dangers of data dredging

October 4, 2018
As an academic high-flyer comes crashing down, we really should have seen this coming says Russ Swan... It's not common for a scientific paper to be retracted. It can happen for...

An evolutionary perspective on laziness

September 28, 2018
The Science Lite team discover the ultimate excuse for laziness...You’ll forgive the whiff of smugness this month from the Science lite desk. Above and beyond our regular vainglorious airs that...

Brain surface

September 21, 2018
This amazing image shows the brain surface of a patient suffering with epilepsy.

A guide to enjoying a lab brew

September 18, 2018
The tea break can be the only thing that keeps you going during those painfully long and repetitive experiments. But enjoying the humble cup of tea might be trickier than...

The Physics Behind…

September 12, 2018
Everyone has a good book inside them goes the old adage. Well, Russ Swan certainly does, but getting it out of him was no easy task…The only copy in captivity...

Food for thought

September 11, 2018
Bacteriophages are well known to molecular and microbiology, but could they really be a new vanguard against foodborne pathogens? Phage expert Professor Mikael Skurnik thinks so…Given the continuing problem of...

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