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Genetic editing

December 7, 2016
CRISPR/Cas9 has the potential to change genetic editing as we know it. But how much do you know about it?

Developing plant

December 7, 2016
This flower-like image shows a plant that is not developing quite right.

Are scientists now considered ‘elites’?

December 5, 2016
Well, it has been quite a year. And while perhaps this isn’t the place to wring the political detritus from our spleens, I do think there is a reading of...

Antibody crisis: Order from chaos

November 23, 2016
As we slowly come to terms with the damage caused by the antibody validation crisis – there is hope says Dr Anita Bandrowski. But in order to solve the problem...

Time Ramp

November 21, 2016
Member of the public next to chalk cliffs at Seaford.

Do you have all the stuff?

November 18, 2016
Work them in the right way, and lab trade shows can be as good as a day at the Science Museum says Dr Matthew Partridge

The Storr

November 11, 2016
The Old Man of Storr with the Milky Way in the background.

Putting the sun in a box…

November 11, 2016
Last month, Ian Chapman stepped into his role as CEO of the national nuclear fusion resource – the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Aged 34, he is one of the youngest...

Words, glorious words

November 8, 2016
With interchangeable meanings and ever shifting definitions – maintaining a comprehensive scientific lexicon is basically impossible says Russ Swan

(Not so) slippery when wet

November 4, 2016
The gang try to grasp why our fingers wrinkle...

King’s Gully

November 2, 2016
A rift canyon forming part of the King's Gully in Ireland.

Artificial health

November 2, 2016
Examples of how AI is involved in scientific research

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