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The all seeing AI

January 6, 2015
Stephen Hawking and other high profile scientists have recently issuing stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by advanced artificial intelligence. But aside from being a source of existential...

Access all areas: How NMR made it to the benchtop

December 30, 2014
As nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy moves to the benchtop, John Paul Cerroti explores its uses in organic chemistry The latest analytical technology to move to the benchtop is Nuclear Magnetic...

A meeting of microscopic strengths

December 24, 2014
Integrated correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) offers the possibility to study the same area on a sample using both fluorescence and electron microscopy. One of the challenges associated with...

Redefining Material Analysis

December 17, 2014
Federico Izzia explores the trends and benefits of the development of portable and handheld Raman Spectroscopy The attractiveness of Raman spectroscopy for chemical identification analysis is well known and easily...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? The science behind The Star of Bethlehem

December 16, 2014
What was the star of Bethlehem? A quiet debate has been bubbling away for decades between astronomers and philosophers alike. Could some real cosmic event have led three wise men...

From lab to the theatre: the evolution of mass spectrometry

December 11, 2014
Mike Morris discusses the ‘iKnife’ – a new concept that potentially differentiates tissue samples in real-time  Although few people outside of medicine and the sciences will have heard of it,...

The hidden value in your lab

December 10, 2014
Take a look around your laboratory, there may be a wealth of instrumentation and equipment sitting unused. Ben Potenza introduces us to the concept of proactive asset management for idle...

Seek and destroy

December 9, 2014
The use of nanoparticles in cancer research is considered to be a promising approach in the fight against tumour cells. Yet the method often fails because the human immune system...

Supplements: because they’re worth it?

December 4, 2014
It’s a minefield out there – with so many brands, doses and combinations, how can consumers know which vitamins or minerals they should take – if they should take any...

Fighting the doping cheats

December 3, 2014
Daniel Leigh explores the evolution of mass spectrometric approaches in sports drug testing At the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February, the biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle tested positive for the stimulant...

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