Insights

Blue banded bee

August 21, 2017
The following image of a blue banded bee (Amegilla cingulata) preparing to sip nectar from the nearby flowers.

When will we finally see red?

August 17, 2017
The players are varied and the scene is set – so who will win the new space race? Astrophysicist Andrew May takes us through the scientific achievements and political landscape...

Apprenticeships: A good step forward, but nothing new

August 10, 2017
They maybe much lauded, and rightly so, but apprenticeships in science are nothing new says Sir Terry Croft...

Rock ‘ard debate

August 7, 2017
Debate. It is, in so many ways, the bedrock of science. And we did just that to determine the strongest animal in the world...

Looking to the future ahead…

August 3, 2017
Noami Weir from the Campaign for Science and Engineering sets out a vision for science in these rapidly changing times...

Male true armyworm

August 2, 2017
This is a micro CT scan of a 1 day old male armyworm showing its exoskeleton, soft tissues and tracheal system.

Regenerative Medicine

August 1, 2017
An era where bespoke organs are grown to treat illness is coming sooner than you think... how aware are you of regenerative medicine?

Time for some cheese?

July 25, 2017
As ingenuity goes – we humans are unbearably smug. As a species, the notion that we can ‘out-invent’ any other inhabitants of the rock famous, among other things, for being...

A significantly different approach

July 20, 2017
A recent study has thrown a spotlight on the very real problem of data fabrication. We caught up with Dr John Carlisle to find out about the computer programme he...

Guide to the great outdoors

July 17, 2017
Dr Matthew Partridge talks us through the many gripes of field work in his forays outside the laboratory  I don’t get out much – both socially, and from a research...

Innovation comes in all shapes, sizes… and GSM

July 10, 2017
Ever been afraid of breaking that expensive bit of kit? Well, says Russ Swan, that was exactly the motivation behind a remarkable new microscope made from paper…the Foldscope

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