Insights

Number Cruncher 16

July 14, 2014
The delicious world of flavour analysis is explored - so stick out your tongue and taste some stats

Its time to fight back

July 14, 2014
The colourful world of mesothermic dinosaurs inspires Russ to send out a rallying call to us all…fight back against ill-conceived management pigeonholing of results Who doesn’t like dinosaurs? I'm pretty...

Do you suffer BICYCLE FACE?

July 8, 2014
Don’t look like that…it’s a serious question. Because while it might sound like the best playground insult you have never heard of, it is a genuine medical condition. Well, that...

Weighing dinosaurs with Dr Roger Benson

July 7, 2014
Roger Benson and his colleagues have been ‘weighing’ dinosaurs all in the name of science. We find out more… Your recent research has seen you 'weighing' dinosaurs – that sounds...

Synthetic biology; learning the language of nature

July 4, 2014
It was, I suppose, inevitable that we would reach this point. The fate of Synthetic Biology to crystallise into a fully-fledged discipline was sealed when Watson and Crick famously arranged...

Environmental Science – the perfect multidiscipline

July 3, 2014
As an endeavour, Environmental Science is surely the prime example of the term ‘multidisciplinary’. Spanning physics, biology, chemistry, oceanography, atmospheric science, soil science, ecology to name but a few –...

Two tribes go to pour

June 17, 2014
Strange, is it not? The places which can inflame the imagination. The things which can spark thought. For Newton, a falling apple was all it took. A particularly contemplative bath...

Europe divided on GM

June 16, 2014
Genetically modified crops are cause for debate in Europe; but in the UK field trials push ahead Over the last two decades, the perception of GM crops has changed dramatically....

The Golden Rule of Experimental Science

June 15, 2014
Michael de Podesta gives us his golden rule of experimental science; do it quick and then do it right As an experimental scientist at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), I...

Number Cruncher 15

June 14, 2014
The stats of tech transfer and spin out companies

Serendipitous discoveries – a scientific legend

June 11, 2014
In need of a major scientific breakthrough? Then Russ Swan has an important tip…embrace your inner klutz and go for it! Science has a long and noble history of progress...

Guiliana Noratto says eat three peaches a day

June 9, 2014
Washington State University food scientist Guiliana Noratto has found that compounds in peaches can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells and their ability to spread. Here we learn more...

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