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So near, yet so far

April 6, 2018
Insight
To PhD students and supervisors everywhere – it may be a very tough road, but help is at hand. Prey silence please… for the thesis whisperer I am the director...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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The sense of touch is incredibly important

April 5, 2018
Insight
Incredible work on the neurobiology of touch means we are on the road to rewiring the sense in paralyzed patients. Here are some stats showing how important touch can be…
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Comment And Analysis
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Mosquito larva

April 5, 2018
Insight
This image of Mosquito larva gave Charles Krebs of Issaquah in Washington image of distinction in the 43rd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Environment, Focal Point
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On the age-old question of polishing a turd…

March 27, 2018
Insight
You can’t, the saying goes, polish a turd. Possibly not – but you can increase the market value of said defecatory effusion so as to render a polish unnecessary.Let us...
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Comment And Analysis
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Has the 21st century really lived up to the hype?

March 20, 2018
Insight
After all the technological promises, has the 21st century really lived up to the hype? Russ Swan is not so sure, and now the rolling one-upmanship of rich guys playing...
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Comment And Analysis
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Adventures of a volcano whisperer

March 16, 2018
Insight
From bandits at dawn to lost airships, not to mention live volcanoes _– the life of an intrepid volcanologist is not for the faint hearted. Here, Professor Tamsin Mather reflects...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, Interviews
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Sunny solar stats

March 14, 2018
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Work on ‘hot electrons’ could make for incredibly efficient solar panel technology (p32) – here are some sunny solar stats…
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Comment And Analysis
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A verdant witness

March 8, 2018
Insight
How often, I wonder, does political tribalism meet geology? Not very, I'd imagine.Yet as I write this geologists are being forced to ask themselves whether they are offering up a...
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Comment And Analysis
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Skin cell

March 8, 2018
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This image of skin cell expressing an excessive amount of keratin has won Dr Bram van den Broek of The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) taking first place in 43rd annual...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Focal Point, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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When two worlds collide

March 7, 2018
Insight
Last month the Deconstructing Patterns exhibition opened at the Francis Crick Institute in London aiming to fuse the worlds of art and science. We caught up with Dr Iris Salecker...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews
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A corvidian call to arms

February 22, 2018
Insight
There is little point in crafting a natty introduction to this piece. We have, surely, already lost your attention to the truly horrific image on this page.And we can’t blame...
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Comment And Analysis
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Taking the fight to TB

February 15, 2018
Insight
What is needed to beat TB is an approach that both takes it’s biochemical defences, but also avoids antibiotic resistance. No easy task, but Timur Avkiran – a _Royal Commission...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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