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Eating into the skills gap

April 24, 2015
The food and drinks industry is facing a looming skills crisis says Bertrand Emond. But there are several ways the next generation of food scientists can be encouraged…

How age is affecting your mind

April 23, 2015
Prevailing theories of ageing suggest that higher cognitive abilities decline as part of a single process, due to changes in the frontal part of the brain. New research, part of...

A light touch to fighting crime

April 21, 2015
Exploring how the uptake of digital technologies in light microscopy is changing the face of forensics, Markus Fabich discusses the work of researcher Dr Kevin Farrugia and his team at...

Forensic Science – Whither Quality?

April 20, 2015
To find the best way forward in the new Forensic Science landscape, we must understand and address the mistakes of the past says Professor Bob Flanagan…

Going out on a LIM to improve food safety

April 16, 2015
The stringent standards expected of food production are vital to ensure safety, but compliance can be difficult. However if food scientists adopt a data driven approach they can transform a...

Unlocking innovation in austere times

April 14, 2015
In the current climate of tightening budgets and complex relationships between service providers and police forces – just how can forensic scientists get their innovations to the market place? Here,...

The flying squad! Designer drugs and how to beat them

April 9, 2015
New ‘designer drugs’ are constantly emerging, and this presents increased challenges for forensic toxicologists involved in drugs of abuse screening. Here, Tony Drury discusses the use of time-of-flight MS to...

An intimate solution

April 8, 2015
Kimberley Bexon takes us through a new approach to tackle sexual assaults through microRNA analysis

The print revolution

April 2, 2015
Nanoparticles could well be the future of fingermark detection. Not only do they promise sensitivity and selectivity, but they have also furthered our understanding of the fundamentals behind fingerprint detection

The journey to the exascale

March 31, 2015
So much of modern science has become reliant on the correct processing and analysis of big data – but how have we arrived at the point where computing power is...

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