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Game Theory: Cytosis – A Cell Biology Game
Added: 23 Jul 2023
Now in its second iteration, Cytosis proves another all-round high scorer with our duo, for its tak…
Stopping the rot
Added: 23 Jul 2023
The global cold chain is functioning but often ineptly, with consequences for food and vaccine supp…
Ditch the manual
Added: 16 Jul 2023
Digitalisation and automation are about people as much as technology, emphasises Divya Vijay Prathe…
Lab Babble: Today’s fact, tomorrow’s retract
Added: 10 Jul 2023
You can withdraw a discredited paper, but the long tail of citations lingers on and on, cautions Ru…
Sponsored Feature: Culturing Innovation with Don Whitley Scientific
Added: 6 Jul 2023
‘Culturing innovation’ is the message being shared by Don Whitley Scientific (DWS), a company proud…
Now you see it
Added: 3 Jul 2023
As an explanation for the unexplainable, magic frequently has the edge on science, says Matthew Par…
Game Theory: Doctor Livingston Jr jigsaws
Added: 5 Jun 2023
They’ve seen many science games, but Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner can’t hide their enthusia…
Leading ex-sample
Added: 22 May 2023
Liverpool University spin-out ReNewVax’s goal of creating the first universal pneumococcus vaccine …
Let’s get Ig-gy
Added: 22 May 2023
Try as they might to resist temptation… when spring approaches, scientists have just one thing on t…
Guestbook: Formula for our future
Added: 15 May 2023
Efforts by the energy intensive chemicals industry to promote a greener future will impact greatly …
Culture guffaws: Latin liberties and trends in taxonomy
Added: 8 May 2023
Latin may have been central to scientific taxonomy for centuries but it’s adapted well to modern in…
Synthetic affinity reagents: new possibilities for diagnostics
Added: 24 Apr 2023
Fast and effective diagnostic testing is key to disease management but a challenge for antibody-bas…
Shared excellence
Added: 17 Apr 2023
The FAIRE grants scheme provides opportunity for researchers in 80 countries to publish their work …
Collaboration on life sciences – do we need the UK?
Added: 17 Apr 2023
Undoubtedly, yes, says Jan Wauters. The benefits to Britain and Europe are too great, he argues, an…
‘Life in the clouds’
Added: 3 Apr 2023
The growth of collaborative work and reliance on contract research organisations plus unprecedented…
Let’s talk about sex, maybe
Added: 30 Mar 2023
As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford revisit…
Game Theory: Genotype
Added: 20 Mar 2023
Based on Mendelian genetics, Genotype is absorbing and challenging, say Dr Louise Robinson and Dr I…
Light shined like a neon show
Added: 12 Mar 2023
Good quality visuals help convey information in research papers. Contrary to what many scientists s…
Investing in futures
Added: 5 Mar 2023
It’s not only students who need to take placements seriously. Lab managers too must adopt a long-te…
Sustainably feeding the world with genomics-driven agriculture
Added: 5 Mar 2023
As cell meat manufacture develops in the lab, science is increasingly impacting arable farming in t…
