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Eduardo Miranda and musical slime mould

July 15, 2015
A musical ‘duet’ between slime mould and a scientist creates beautiful and unusual sounds. Professor Eduardo Miranda at Plymouth University, a composer working at the crossroads of music and science,...

NOEMA observatory

July 13, 2015
European scientists have discovered a previously unknown region of extreme star formation in the 'Medusa merger' a luminous collision of two galaxies at more than 100 million light years from...

What will follow the James Webb Space Telescope?

June 17, 2015
Scientists are calling for a giant space telescope to follow the James Webb Space Telescope – Professor Martin Barstow, former president of the Royal Astronomical Society, tells us about the...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a snake…seriously, a flying snake.

April 22, 2015
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake. Jake Socha, professor at Virginia Tech has been investigating this unusual behaviour So…flying snakes…who...

New approach puts kids in space!

February 11, 2015
Crossing the traditional boundaries of education and active research – the Langton Star Centre is not only a new way to inspire young people to take up STEM, but also...

What inspires two Industrial Fellowship winners

January 23, 2015
Alice Hagan is working with Biocompatibles UK Ltd and the University of Brighton to develop beads capable of blocking blood flow to cancerous tumours while simultaneously releasing drugs directly into...

Dr Eva-Marie Graefe juggles science and motherhood – with help from L’Oreal and UNESCO

December 12, 2014
Dr Eva-Marie Graefe juggles researching leaky quantum systems with being a mum – here we learn more about work-life balance and how the L’Oreal-Unesco For Women in Science Fellowship is...

How to hack your home with Ri Christmas lecturer Danielle George

November 12, 2014
We catch up with this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer Danielle George to find out what she has in store for budding young scientists, and what she’ll be doing over...

Dr Tracy Briggs awarded For Women in Science Fellowship

October 13, 2014
Dr Tracy Briggs was recently awarded one of four UK & Ireland L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Fellowships to further her research into the understanding of single-gene disorders that lead...

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