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Climbing to the cloud

December 18, 2015
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Bioinformatics needs to change says Dr Thomas Connor and for that to happen we need to look to the cloud. Here he tells us about CLIMB – the world’s largest...
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A fascinating act of cellular cannibalism

December 17, 2015
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After a century of observing strange acts of cellular cannibalism, Jo Durgan and Oliver Florey tell us how close we are to understanding entosis, and what it may mean for...
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The deep secrets of hotspot volcanoes

December 14, 2015
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The improvements in geological seismic imaging techniques over the last 10 years have given us robust images of the deep mantle. But can they be used to settle a 40...
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The venom that packs a punch for cancer

December 7, 2015
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Animal venoms have exciting potential applications as new forms of chemotherapy that can attack cancerous cells. Dr Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts discusses his involvement in recent work aiming to understand the mechanism...
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Climate change – has the UN got the wrong frame of mind?

November 30, 2015
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If we really want to beat global warming we have to forget emissions testing and start thinking psychologically says Dr Laurence Matthews, a recent speaker at the Scientists for Global...
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What will the lab of the future look like?

November 26, 2015
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Driven forward by improving technologies and increasing demands, the lab of the future could be markedly different in appearance from the laboratories we work in today. From incorporating 3D printing...
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From sci-fi to reality – portable analysis

November 24, 2015
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Over the years, many and varied predictions have been made regarding technological advances, with countless seemingly ‘crazy’ ideas originating in works of science fiction. Here, Stephen Tomisich discusses the inexorable...
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A most sophisticated stowaway

November 19, 2015
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Unravelling Helicobacter pylori’s gut-grabbing grip has revealed some truly unique evolutionary adaptations – including a remarkable ability to attach to gastric epithelium
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It simply isn’t cricket

November 17, 2015
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It is well-established that parasites can affect the behaviour of their hosts, but can a parasitical worm really get a cricket to shut-up? Dr Megan Wise de Valdez thinks so,...
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Taking on the unknown unknowns

November 10, 2015
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As the world looks to the UN and their meeting on climate change in Paris next month, nothing less than the fate of our future health is in the balance...
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