!

Articles tagged with "In Depth"

Sort by

Biological production by human design

July 10, 2014
Feature
Paul Gemmill discusses why synthetic biology has become such a growth area and what the research councils are doing to foster this growth in the UK Competition for dwindling resources,...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Biological production by human design

July 8, 2014
Feature
Rapid advances in synthetic biology have made it possible to convert biomass to chemicals, fuels and materials, and produce new therapeutic drugs, all of which promise significant economic growth. Richard...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

The starkest of contrasts

July 3, 2014
Feature
In mid-April, the latest volume from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was published, assessing current and future action to reduce carbon emissions. Coincidentally this came out just as...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Widening the wheat gene pool

June 24, 2014
Feature
Our most dominant crop has a worrying lack genetic diversity. Here, we learn about a UK programme aiming to change this, whilst also improving the germplasm pool to yield better...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Liver cells…in 3D

June 17, 2014
Feature
With a breakthrough that led to the first ever in-vitro expansion of liver stem cells, researchers from the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute think they are on the brink...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

The ‘middle men’ of knowledge

June 12, 2014
Feature
Researchers developing lighter materials and new catalysts are collaborating with UK companies to revolutionise our homes, cars and planes - but, says John Conti-Ramsden, we can’t rest on our laurels;...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Unleashing the hidden efficiency of your lab

June 10, 2014
Feature
Money for science is in short supply. Yet an untapped resource exists. These are the performance and financial benefits which are available from improvements in the efficiency of laboratories. The...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Scotland builds a biotech future

June 5, 2014
Feature
It’s no secret, globally our environment is changing. We’re seeing a rise in population, a rapid depletion of resources, increasing environmental pressures and climate change.  That’s why there’s never been...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Putting it all on the table

June 3, 2014
Feature
The competition to synthesise heavy elements is well underway, but are we creating them just because we can; what can we learn from these superheavy additions to the Periodic Table?...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Stand up and be counted

May 22, 2014
Feature
The CFC assay and colony counting is universally recognised as the gold standard for measuring the effects of radiation, chemotherapeutic drugs and other agents on cell viability. However, manually counting...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Pin It on Pinterest