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Could the increased public spend on science be swept aside?

July 6, 2017
Theresa May made much of her ambition to make the UK a global leader in research and innovation in the months leading up to the General Election. Will her commitment...

When we were asked for zombie eyes…

July 4, 2017
Zombies can be recreated easily enough for the big screen with special effects and cosmetics. So what role, if any, does the humble autoclave play in this? Ashley Rogers from...

The 2017 Science Enabler Awards

July 3, 2017
So, 2020 then. The time by which Professor Stephen Hawking says we should be back on the Moon. He thinks it’s the only way to save us from ourselves, as...

Programmed cell death

July 1, 2017
This stunning image is a composite of six Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) topography of SW480 colon cancer cells.

SI Units

July 1, 2017
The SI units have introduced worldwide familiarity with measurements - but how familiar are you with metrology?

Microscopy is always stronger together

June 28, 2017
Correlative microscopy, massive data sets and citizen science – times are really booming for electron microscopy says Lucy Collinson

Is your work making everything better?

June 21, 2017
In these peculiar times, where everything seems so relentlessly contingent, justifying science – despite the political parties harping on about knowledge economies and the like – can be tricky.

Putting it all on the table

June 19, 2017
In 2015 four new elements were added to the periodic table. They remain – as do many of the heavy elements in the actinide group – deeply mysterious, something Dr...

Pen or pipette – which is the mightier?

June 15, 2017
When I was in school, I was often told that I need to practice essay writing because I’ll need to do it later in life.

Putting the biology into politics

June 9, 2017
As the world gets used to the new political landscape – how much of the recent upset came down to biology?

Do antibodies have to be hit and miss?

June 8, 2017
From geneticist to frontline warrior in the antibody validation crisis – Dr Giancarlo Barone tells us how he is winning over the huge worldwide industry of antibody producers as he...

The magic of an exhibition

June 8, 2017
Chocolate, intellectual property and stolen pens… you may think you can’t afford the time out of the lab, but many an interesting tale can be heard at an exhibition says...

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