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Prize offers £75,000 for infectious disease study

February 28, 2020
A new award recognising individuals who have made significant contributions to the eradication of infectious diseases has been launched by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in memory of eminent...

Business competition to support biotech

February 28, 2020
Automated drug discovery company Arctoris has opened entries to it’s global business competition for drug discovery entrepreneurs.

What a tip…

February 28, 2020
A life-long fascination, a haven for rare species and a multi-legged monster new to science… Liam Olds takes us through his amazing journey into the wildlife of former colliery sites

Caught in the long grass

February 19, 2020
Forensic botany, the use of plants as evidence in serious crime cases, is a little-known specialist area despite having its origins centuries ago. We spoke to Mark Spencer, one of...

Bird flight secret offers aircraft design breakthrough

February 18, 2020
A team of scientists and engineers have gained new insight in the aerodynamics of gliding birds – something they think can help develop small and more efficient aircraft.

The new frontline

February 13, 2020
Using big data analysis and knowledge networks is the new frontier in combating infectious disease in crops says Dr Kim Hammond-Kosack

A certain ratio

January 27, 2020
Has CRISPR just given us the ability to change the sex ratio in mammals? Dermot Martin reports on new research which, while delivering an economic boost for livestock farmers, leaves...

More for less

January 17, 2020
From monitoring cow burps to novel herbicides, cutting-edge agricultural science not only aims to feed the world but also, by adopting a cross-disciplinary approach, do it a sustainable way

An ode to imagination

January 15, 2020
Frustrated by siloed science, Dr Jennifer Rohn bemoans the lack of cross-disciplinary imagination that still lingers in the minds of some scientists

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