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Cycling to zero

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...

Van Leeuwenhoek’s rich legacy endures three centuries on

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...

Look beyond the Horizon

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…

Accelerating cancer research with automation

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...

New tools for an old enemy

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...

Game Theory: Cytosis – A Cell Biology Game

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.

Stopping the rot

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.

Ditch the manual

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.

Hyper-space

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...

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