Insights

New approach puts kids in space!

February 11, 2015
Crossing the traditional boundaries of education and active research – the Langton Star Centre is not only a new way to inspire young people to take up STEM, but also...

Dear laboratory supply companies…

February 6, 2015
Dear laboratory supply companies…

Statistically significant idiocy

January 26, 2015
The New Year, a time to be candid – painfully so if necessary.

What inspires two Industrial Fellowship winners

January 23, 2015
Alice Hagan is working with Biocompatibles UK Ltd and the University of Brighton to develop beads capable of blocking blood flow to cancerous tumours while simultaneously releasing drugs directly into...

Here are some artificial intelligence stats

January 21, 2015
American computer scientist and cognitive scientist John McCarthy coined the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in 1955, defining it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines".

Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies

January 16, 2015
In 2013, Dr Jim McQuaid took to the skies in an airship to find out what causes clouds – the result was last year’s BBC broadcast Operation Cloud Lab. We...

Rise of the machines?

January 12, 2015
Rise of the machines? Snuff and nonsense says Russ Swan – when it comes to sensors, there is an awful lot to be said for us meat bags…

Another year, another set of impossible resolutions…

January 5, 2015
It's a brand new year and as tradition dictates, a time when we make impossible promises we have absolutely no intention of keeping.

Why did you become a scientist?

January 2, 2015
I ask because at the tail end of last year the Government published the much anticipated science and innovation strategy outlining how much money it will spend on science over...

Merry Christmas…we think

December 22, 2014
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be jolly, etc etc. Yes, it’s rapidly approaching…the crackers are...

We’re living in the Quantum Age, says Brian Clegg

December 19, 2014
In his latest book, Brian Clegg looks at how the physics of the very small has transformed our lives.Tell us a bit about The Quantum Age. There have been a...

Here we cast an eye, ear and nose on some sensational stats

December 17, 2014
Crystallography is giving us new insights into the molecular basis of our senses, here we cast an eye, ear and nose on some sensational stats...

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