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Another International Something Day...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Sep 2017

Spurious ‘celebration days’ are easy to dismiss as nonsense but, says Russ Swan, it is time we put …

Microfluidics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2017

Since its beginnings in the 1950s, is it time for microfluidics' capabilities to be fully recognise…

Never break the chain

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2017

It really is a question of when, not if. Change in academic publishing is coming – as someone once …

Rock ‘ard debate

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Aug 2017

Debate. It is, in so many ways, the bedrock of science. And we did just that to determine the stron…

Looking to the future ahead...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Aug 2017

Noami Weir from the Campaign for Science and Engineering sets out a vision for science in these rap…

Regenerative Medicine

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2017

An era where bespoke organs are grown to treat illness is coming sooner than you think... how aware…

Time for some cheese?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jul 2017

As ingenuity goes – we humans are unbearably smug. As a species, the notion that we can ‘out-invent…

Guide to the great outdoors

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jul 2017

Dr Matthew Partridge talks us through the many gripes of field work in his forays outside the labor…

Innovation comes in all shapes, sizes... and GSM

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jul 2017

Ever been afraid of breaking that expensive bit of kit? Well, says Russ Swan, that was exactly the …

Could the increased public spend on science be swept aside?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jul 2017

Theresa May made much of her ambition to make the UK a global leader in research and innovation in …

The 2017 Science Enabler Awards

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jul 2017

So, 2020 then. The time by which Professor Stephen Hawking says we should be back on the Moon. He t…

SI Units

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2017

The SI units have introduced worldwide familiarity with measurements - but how familiar are you wit…

Is your work making everything better?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jun 2017

In these peculiar times, where everything seems so relentlessly contingent, justifying science – de…

Pen or pipette - which is the mightier?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jun 2017

When I was in school, I was often told that I need to practice essay writing because I’ll need to d…

The magic of an exhibition

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jun 2017

Chocolate, intellectual property and stolen pens… you may think you can’t afford the time out of th…

Zoonotic diseases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jun 2017

Zoonotic diseases have existed since early man began farming animals - and are more numerous and de…

Which party is best for science?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jun 2017

With an election looming and manifestos published, it’s time to ask which of the parties would be b…

Open SESAME?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jun 2017

Last month, a remarkable event took place. Scientists and engineers joined together for the officia…

Tinker, tailor, soldier, scientist…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2017

Service engineers may well wince, but when it comes to equipment, it's high time scientists remembe…

Public Speaking with a Pint of Science

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2017

As an example of scientific outreach, Pint of Science has all the ingredients for success. But, say…