January 19, 2022

Space tourism remains out of reach for most, but Laurent Marfisi looks at how smart telescopes, astrophotography, the New Astronomy movement, and the New Space industry are helping amateur astronomers...

Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering

Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, In Depth, Physics

January 13, 2022

From one of the UK's leading veterinary diagnostic laboratories specialising in an array of exotic animals, Mary Pinborough discusses the joys and pitfalls of working with exotic animals and how...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Analytical Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Parasitology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology

January 11, 2022

Crystallography mainly relies on diffraction techniques and the most recent of them, electron diffraction, is gaining increasing attention. Dr Eric Hovestreydt discusses why nanocrystallography using electron radiation to achieve atomic...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Analytical Chemistry, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Food & Bev, Geophysics, Green Chemistry, In Depth, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography, Particle Physics, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Soil Science, Tectonics, Volcanology

January 10, 2022

Picodroplet microfluidics is used to isolate single cells for high-throughput single cell analysis. Olivia Hughes discusses novel multifunctional and biocompatible surfactants needed to create these miniature protective environments in which...

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oncology, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology

December 14, 2021

In the 2021 Royal Institutions Christmas Lectures, Jonathan Van-Tam will be joined by expert British scientists who all played vital roles in the Covid-19 pandemic. Here we ask Catherine Noakes...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology

December 14, 2021

Lab environments differ from factory floors. Robotics expert, Stephen Guy, explores how close human integration, collaborative robotics, and gesture control can help safely control collaborative robots in the busy, confined...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Life Sciences, Materials, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics

December 13, 2021

With fresh funding and growth in investment across the market, Jennifer Townsend looks at three key areas research and innovation hubs such as the Golden Triangle are focusing on to...

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Health & Safety, In Depth, Materials, Medical/Health, Policy

December 9, 2021

Reflecting on six decades of progress, Steven Wolfe looks at the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, the complexity faced by evermore sophisticated information technology, and the...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Food & Bev, Health, Immunology, In Depth, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy

November 25, 2021

As clinical and adjacent staff face overwhelming demands, Cari-Anne Quinn looks at the benefits of digital innovation, technology-led service models, and integrated care systems focused on prevention, to help rebalance...

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology

November 12, 2021

China is the world's second largest drug market after the US and is predicted to take a 30% share of the global market by 2023 [1,2]. With changing demographics and...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Health & Safety, In Depth, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy