Articles tagged with "In Depth"

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The beauty of the beast

July 5, 2016
The enigmatic Tully Monster has become something of a palaeontological icon, yet there is much to learn about this mysterious beast. Here Thomas Clements takes us along for the ride...

The forgotten carbon sink

June 27, 2016
More than two-thirds of our planet is covered by water – what role, if any, does this large expanse play in the climate change of our planet? Dr David Woolf,...

Old dog, new tricks

June 21, 2016
Have we overlooked some incredible pharmacological properties of aspirin? Martyna Petrulyte takes a look at the growing body of evidence and wonders if patients will soon be able to ask:...

The need for speed

June 17, 2016
Sergei Dikler discusses the role that mass spectrometry and the latest MALDI-TOF systems have in the future of drug discovery.

A comet’s tale

June 14, 2016
Were the molecular building blocks of life on Earth seeded by comets? The evidence is mounting – but there has been an important missing piece; ribose. Here we find out...

On your marks get set…start up!

June 9, 2016
Fresh from the recent Mini Start Up Challenge, we take a look at some of the movers and shakers in the life science start-up space.

In the era of ’team science’, will you get fair recognition?

June 7, 2016
The rise of ‘Team Science’ – collaborative research done in large and often multidisciplinary groups – is putting the spotlight on the challenges of ensuring an even playing field for...

The Golden Age of Green Chemistry

June 2, 2016
As more and more laboratories and companies embrace the principles of green chemistry, chemists and engineers can make an enormous difference to humanity's quality of life.

Keeping track of a chemical world

May 30, 2016
We are ever more reliant on chemicals in both the products we use and the medicines we take, but do we know what happens when they end up in the...

Is there an antibody crisis looming?

May 24, 2016
Antibodies are a mainstay of modern life science research, yet some worrying studies suggest many are unreliable. We spoke to scientific reliability expert C. Glenn Begley to discover how deep...

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