September 4, 2023

Images of workplace pollution and waste usually focus on heavy industry but ignore the sizeable contribution to the problem made by life science and labs, says Julien Tremblin. Yet sustainability...

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Policy

August 24, 2023

He may have been a late starter in the field with which his name is indelibly associated but Antony van Leeuwenhoek's presence endures after 300 years says Professor Brian J...

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Forensics, Materials

August 2, 2023

While many scientists are keen to see the UK back in the Horizon Europe programme, Professor Brian J Ford remains sceptical about the benefits…

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy

July 30, 2023

Chemotherapies that rely on replication-associated DNA damage can affect healthy cells as well as cancer cells, to the detriment of patients. Sweden’s Karolinska Institute is developing DNA repair inhibitors that...

Biology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Health, Medical/Health

July 30, 2023

It’s 30 years since the World Health Organisation identified the resurgence of tuberculosis as a global public health emergency, an issue reiterated by its present head. TB drug resistance underlines...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Health, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy

July 23, 2023

Now in its second iteration, Cytosis proves another all-round high scorer with our duo, for its take on the workings of the human cell system.

Biology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis

July 23, 2023

The global cold chain is functioning but often ineptly, with consequences for food and vaccine supply worldwide. As ever, science is seeking to provide solutions.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Health, Medical/Health, Pharmacology, Policy

July 16, 2023

Digitalisation and automation are about people as much as technology, emphasises Divya Vijay Pratheek. Remove the most repetitive tasks and you remove error and encourage innovative thinking.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Health & Safety, Life Sciences

July 16, 2023

There’s a temptation in space science to bill every act of participation as a success, whatever the outcome. That has less to do with truth, more to do with eliciting...

Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Comment And Analysis, Engineering, Health & Safety, Materials, Physics, Policy

July 10, 2023

You can withdraw a discredited paper, but the long tail of citations lingers on and on, cautions Russ Swan.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

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