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Nobel assembly bend the rules

November 15, 2011
Nobel Prizes are traditionally not awarded posthumously, so what happens when one of the laureates dies just before the prize announcements?In early October, Göran Hansson, secretary general of the Nobel...

Congratulations UK Science!

November 1, 2011
Here in the UK we have always enjoyed a fine reputation for our science – “and rightly so” pipes up my supercilious inner scientist – yet many a reputation is...

Halloween Science

October 28, 2011
Halloween is fast approaching and we know exactly what’s on your mind – which is the best apple for apple bobbing?Turns out scientists – and a few supermarket chains –...

Happy Birthday Prospero

October 17, 2011
In today’s hi-tech world, where new technology is out of date almost as soon as it hits the shelf, isn’t it wonderful that scientists are attempting to make contact with...

Happy 40th!

October 3, 2011
Hello and welcome to the 40th anniversary edition of Laboratory News! I am pleased and indeed very proud to bring you this special birthday edition.Starting on p15 you’ll find a...

Burrito birthday!

October 3, 2011
As you will no doubt have noticed it is the 40th anniversary of Laboratory News, and this issue is something of a ‘birthday party’ issue.The Editor has been rattling his...

Going social

September 26, 2011
After the Arab spring, and the recent English riots it is now clear to anyone who doubted it that web based social networking is having an enormous impact on the...

The butterfly effect

September 26, 2011
What do the English riots and the Sulzberger ice shelf in Antarctica have in common?

You’re having a laugh?

September 1, 2011

Roller coasters - just like inhalers, only less easily misplaced

Laughter, they say, is the best medicine. Strange then, that the world’s pharmaceutical companies have yet to...

Science on the Beeb

August 26, 2011
As News International continues to self destruct in the midst of editorial practices that would make Dr Evil blush, all eyes are once again on the media – and for...

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