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A pocket full of pretty green

April 18, 2018
Feature
Cleaning up industrial heavy metal pollution, revitalising polluted waterways and a new source of gold, can moss really hold the key to all this? You bet says king of the...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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The feel good factor

April 17, 2018
Feature
A painfully direct question from a paralyzed patient set Professor Samantha Butler on a path to understand the neurobiology of touch and how we might rebuild damaged sensory circuits to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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A potent analytical force

April 13, 2018
Feature
Pharma companies need more information on drug candidates at an earlier phase in the process than ever before, and analytical chemists are turning to quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (qNMR) spectrometry...
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In Depth
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Can we really automate paper writing?

April 5, 2018
Feature
Every scientist has to adhere to the publish-or-perish maxim to some extent – the pressure to write papers is huge, and growing. Can automated writing really help prepare manuscripts?   Scientist’s...
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In Depth
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The future character of medicine

March 23, 2018
Feature
Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. However, access to the expertise and methodologies required to characterise new nanomaterials is limited. The...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Is there a risk in being a beach bum?

March 19, 2018
Feature
A recent study looking at the gut bacteria of surfers has given good reason for concern over the potential harm that resistant bacteria in natural environments pose to human health....
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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Some like it hot

March 16, 2018
Feature
The problem of ‘hot electrons’ mean that photovoltaic cells only harvest part of the sunlight they receive. if we could harvest this excess energy, we could double the efficiency of...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Energy, Engineering, In Depth, Physics
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The legacy of Hawking radiation

March 14, 2018
Feature
Perhaps the most powerful legacy of Stephen Hawking was the inspiration he gave to others – but his science on black holes will endure...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, In Depth, Physics
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The heavy metal of oncology

March 13, 2018
Feature
Forget a silver bullet – it is the is the osmium rocket we need to think about when devising selective cancer drugs Today, every two minutes someone will be diagnosed...
Chemistry
Chemistry, In Depth, Organic Chemistry
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Bursting the bubble on cancer

March 6, 2018
Feature
How to take on the leading cause of death in the developed world? To go big, you need to start small thinks Professor Steve Evans as he takes us through...
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In Depth
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