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Time to put a bug in the system?

July 8, 2015
Insight
Population growth is set to place an incredible demand on food production – could it be met with the use of insects as an alternative food source? Here Gemma Lamb...
Earth & Environmental
Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Interviews
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Science, straight from the horse’s mouth…and by horse, we mean scientist.

June 22, 2015
Insight
Right…forgive us everyone, but we have to make this quick. Regular readers of Science Lite (…you poor, poor souls) will be used to their acerbic take on all things scientific.
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Comment And Analysis
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Caterpillars make leaves glow

June 18, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered that plants release light energy in response to insect feeding. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany used a camera system...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Zoology
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Bringing biotech to industry

June 16, 2015
Feature
Recent large-scale investment has seen Industrial Biotechnology hit the headlines. It is a rapidly growing sector here in the UK, and predicted to be worth up to £12 billion by...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Can pollen make it rain?

June 10, 2015
News
Researchers have discovered that broken pollen particles can trigger cloud formation. Scientists at the University of Michigan used a cloud condensation nuclei counter and found that when pollen gets wet,...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry
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Stretchy nerves help whales feed

June 5, 2015
News
Zoologists have discovered that stretchy nerves allow whales to balloon their mouths to capture prey during feeding dives. A research team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) studied a...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology, Zoology
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Unleash your chemical Gollum

May 28, 2015
Insight
My lab is currently undergoing a Health and Safety (H&S) upgrade
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Comment And Analysis
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A crowdfunded device to’fix’ colour-blindness?

May 28, 2015
Insight
A crowdfunded device to'fix' colour-blindness?
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Comment And Analysis
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Printed flowers unravel moth mystery

May 7, 2015
News
By using artificial flowers, ecologists have found that flower shape affects the foraging behaviour of hawk moths. A research team at the University of Washington used 3D printing to make...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Eating into the skills gap

April 24, 2015
Feature
The food and drinks industry is facing a looming skills crisis says Bertrand Emond. But there are several ways the next generation of food scientists can be encouraged…
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In Depth
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The unbearable lightness of shrimp

April 23, 2015
Insight
It is, we sometimes find; sitting here eating doughnuts and drinking sweet tea, easy to forget the innate cruelness of Nature. To us, the barbarism that 99.9% of species on...
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Comment And Analysis
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a snake…seriously, a flying snake.

April 22, 2015
Insight
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake. Jake Socha, professor at Virginia Tech has been investigating this unusual behaviour So…flying snakes…who...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Physics
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Unexpected insects leave clues for entomologists

April 22, 2015
News
Entomologists have discovered insects – normally not associated with human corpses – can provide clues from dead bodies. A research team at Sam Houston State University studied four unseen insect–cadaver...
Chemistry
Forensics
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An intimate solution

April 8, 2015
Feature
Kimberley Bexon takes us through a new approach to tackle sexual assaults through microRNA analysis
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In Depth
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There’s only one way to settle this

March 26, 2015
Insight
Debate. It is, in so many ways, the bedrock of science. Without dissemination and, more importantly, critical analysis then findings become isolated – they wither on the vine.
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Comment And Analysis
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The never ending dream of perpetual motion

March 20, 2015
Insight
When a moment’s idleness leads Russ Swan back to his childhood dream of perpetual motion he is surprised to learn that optimism is still used to do battle with Nature
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Comment And Analysis
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The science of ‘dressgate’

March 13, 2015
Insight
White and gold or blue and black? That’s the question behind a record-breaking twitter storm – so which is it, and what can this tell us about the visual system?...
Uncategorised
Interviews
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Are you a science socialist?

March 6, 2015
Insight
Social media and science is not for everyone. I am a prolific user of Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and Vine videos (also occasionally Facebook) and I post tons of content.
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Comment And Analysis
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Rise of the machines?

January 12, 2015
Insight
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…
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Comment And Analysis
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Hydrogen detected three billion light years

January 5, 2015
News
Astronomers have detected faint signals of hydrogen gas at a record distance of three billion light years from Earth. Dr Barbara Catinella and Dr Luca Cortese, astronomers from the Swinburne...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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