Insights

The art of the matter

April 13, 2018
Last month we chatted with Dr Iris Salecker of the Visual Circuit Assembly Laboratory to find out what happened when she let an artist loose in her lab… this month...

An immigration system that supports science

April 9, 2018
In recent months, UK employers have encountered issues with recruiting staff from outside of the EU. The main route of recruitment of skilled individuals from outside the EU is on...

Cliche and chemical weapons

April 6, 2018
As the sorry tale of a former Russian double agent and his daughter escalates, once again chemistry is dragged into the gutter of war.It may not have come to that...

So near, yet so far

April 6, 2018
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...

The sense of touch is incredibly important

April 5, 2018
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…

Mosquito larva

April 5, 2018
This image of Mosquito larva gave Charles Krebs of Issaquah in Washington image of distinction in the 43rd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

On the age-old question of polishing a turd…

March 27, 2018
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...

Has the 21st century really lived up to the hype?

March 20, 2018
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...

Adventures of a volcano whisperer

March 16, 2018
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...

Sunny solar stats

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

A verdant witness

March 8, 2018
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...

Skin cell

March 8, 2018
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...

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