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Award-winning cliché
October 23, 2018
Much more than a mere sardonic finger wag at the apparently ridiculous, the Ig Nobels celebrate scientific originality and curiosity in their most spectacular forms...First make them laugh, then make...
CaSE still holds Government accountable on immigration issues
October 22, 2018
CaSE has once again been highly active on immigration policy. Following our previous work around the arbitrary Tier 2 visa cap, the Government changed their policy so that those coming...
How to say ‘no’ to more work
October 18, 2018
I have a busy life. I have a full time research position, I write stuff for the internet and I’m a single parent. While all three seem to involve drawing...
Microfluidic devices
October 12, 2018
Organ on a chip technology is a new approach designed to created miniaturised physiological systems suitable for drug discovery – it relies on microfluidics. Here are some stats...
The dangers of data dredging
October 4, 2018
As an academic high-flyer comes crashing down, we really should have seen this coming says Russ Swan... It's not common for a scientific paper to be retracted. It can happen for...
An evolutionary perspective on laziness
September 28, 2018
The Science Lite team discover the ultimate excuse for laziness...You’ll forgive the whiff of smugness this month from the Science lite desk. Above and beyond our regular vainglorious airs that...
A guide to enjoying a lab brew
September 18, 2018
The tea break can be the only thing that keeps you going during those painfully long and repetitive experiments. But enjoying the humble cup of tea might be trickier than...
The Physics Behind…
September 12, 2018
Everyone has a good book inside them goes the old adage. Well, Russ Swan certainly does, but getting it out of him was no easy task…The only copy in captivity...
New beginnings
September 7, 2018
As ‘food’ and ‘medicine’ are mentioned in the same breath as ‘stockpiling’, I genuinely can’t remember less certainty over the future of the country in my lifetime – but has...
A biomimetics boom
September 6, 2018
Biomimetics is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving human problems. Here are some stats reminding us that nature has been an...
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