Articles tagged with "In Depth"

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Backing a winner

March 11, 2008
Bringing a drug to market has been likened to betting on a horse race - implementing a data driven strategy early in clinical development could mean you back the odds...

Great things come in small packages

March 6, 2008
In the post genomic, proteomic world there is one more 'omic' that could bolster the wealth of information generated – the study of small metabolites. Darwin Asa shows us how...

Show down

March 4, 2008
Analysis, laboratory technology and biotechnology are key components in the range of exhibition sectors and themes at analytica 2008. Here we take a look at some of the new technology...

Silly A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S

March 4, 2008
The dictionary definition of 'acronym' states that it is a word formed from the initial letters of other words, but what it actually represents is an opportunity for some bright...

Beating the mosquito at its own game

February 26, 2008
When tackling one of the world's most prolific killers – a bit of mimicry was just the thing to lure this airborne disease spreader

A brief history of atomic time

February 21, 2008
Our concept of time is based on what we see around us - the planets and stars - but, says Fiona Auty, to be really useful, time needs to come...

All that glitters…

February 14, 2008
The Birmingham Assay Office has been protecting traders and customers for over 230 years and it is still as vital today. Whatever the questions posed in precious metal and non...

How to avoid information overload

February 12, 2008
The amount of data that biological researchers have access to, and indeed need access to when answering the questions they are asking, is ever increasing. One way to prevent information...

Getting in touch with science

February 7, 2008
Getting kids interested in science is never easy but, says Cynthia Chen, getting them spinning on a chair with a turbo mode, and letting them solve a murder is always...

The war against West Nile Virus

February 2, 2008
In 2002, West Nile Virus arrived in New York and rapidly spread across the USA causing the death of almost 300 people. Barry Hill examines the background behind this disease...

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