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Making tough choices digestible

December 16, 2024
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"To eat is to compete in an arms race," says Dr Chris van Tulleken, whose thoughts on evangelising through science, engaging food producers and self-experimentation promise another absorbing series of...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Interviews, Medical/Health, Physics, Policy
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Biobanks: a vital investment in precision medicine

December 8, 2024
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Despite limits in size and investment, biobanks such as Estonia’s are providing deeper understanding of the factors influencing public health and diseases, explains PacBio’s Neil Ward.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Forensics, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Facing a fact-free diet

December 8, 2024
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Facts are the bedrock of science and news information. Declining belief in their value surrenders the stage to Flat Earthers, anti-vaxxers, says a despairing Professor Brian J Ford.
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Comment And Analysis
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Tree Bingo combines entertainment and enjoyment

November 25, 2024
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What is Tree Bingo? Well sometimes a game does exactly what it states on the box; Tree Bingo is bingo, with trees. Instead of the numbers 1-99, we have trees...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Policy
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Get with the program

November 25, 2024
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Valuable research by non-native English speakers gets missed, suggests Adrian Wallwork, because of the cost of translation services. A more enlightened approach to the use of LLMs could help solve...
Uncategorised
Comment And Analysis, Policy
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Lab Babble: A certain ratio

November 18, 2024
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And the award goes to... a man. Perhaps we need to look more critically at the gender imbalance among scientific prize recipients, suggests Russ Swan.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Translating food safety from the laboratory to the factory floor

November 17, 2024
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Advances in the science of food safety might begin with the laboratory but much of the pressures for improvement and greater efficiencies derive from industry and consumers.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Food & Bev, Food Science, Health & Safety, Policy
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Transparency is key to tackling drugs shortages

November 11, 2024
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However fast labs develop new therapies, the complex route to patients exacerbates shortages that compromise health outcomes. Connecting quality, regulatory, and manufacturing data is key to improving supply chain agility,...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physics, Policy
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Build the wall!

November 11, 2024
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Relax, Matthew Partridge hasn’t gone MAGA; his target’s lab chore dodgers.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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European Laboratory Day: an era of transformation

November 5, 2024
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European Laboratory Day, celebrated on 5 November, celebrates the vital contributions of lab professionals to healthcare and research. Dror Kolodkin-Gal, founder of image integrity software Proofig AI, explores how AI...
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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How inventory management can unlock capital for pharma firms

November 4, 2024
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Lack of investment can be impact the lab but, says Mohib Rahmani, there is much that pharmaceutical firms can do to optimise their inventories and free up capital...
Chemistry
Comment And Analysis, Pharmaceutical
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Global focus: the key to infectious disease control

October 31, 2024
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President of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, Professor Paul Ananth Tambyah explains to Rachel Sully the importance of recognising, declaring and responding to infectious diseases such as Mpox, and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Health, Interviews, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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