!

Articles tagged with "In Depth"

Sort by

A fairy tale for modern medicine

January 24, 2013
Feature
Stephen Harrison highlights the “Cinderella” gases that have a range of applications in medicine and drug discovery but often go unnoticed... At the mention of medical gases, the first products...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Is it time to give up on the panda?

January 22, 2013
Feature
The endangered giant panda has long been the poster boy of conservation campaigns, but scientists are divided about whether the money currently invested into its survival can be justified. Should...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Solving the fusion puzzle

January 15, 2013
Feature
Completing a complex 4,000-piece ‘jigsaw puzzle’ inside the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion experiment in Oxfordshire has enabled European researchers to plot the next steps in developing the ultimate energy...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Get a little headspace

January 10, 2013
Feature
As the demand for biofuels grows, so does the need to ensure production remains within industry standards. Here we learn that static headspace gas chromatography is ideal to monitor emissions…The...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

A nuclear reaction: The genetic consequences for plants exposed to radiation

January 3, 2013
Feature
In light of the Fukushima 2011 nuclear disaster, Dr Eric Belfield from Oxford University describes the genome sequence research conducted by his team to understand the genetic consequences of ionizing...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Seeing is believing

December 27, 2012
Feature
With “big data” now a fundamental part of so many research projects, it’s often difficult for biologists to uncover all essential parts of their findings, says Carl-Johan Ivarsson. However, new...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

The art of Science

December 18, 2012
Feature
Take 10,000 physicists from over 600 institutions and 100 different countries around the world, place them around a 27km ring and then introduce a lone artist into their midst –...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

New armour against a post-antibiotic era

December 13, 2012
Feature
As antibiotic resistance rises, there is a real need for new drugs to tackle this very modern problem. David Livermore takes us through the major issues surrounding antibiotic resistance and...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Time for a green wash

December 4, 2012
Feature
‘Going green’ should now be a top priority for laboratory planners. Selecting an eco-friendly washer for the laboratory is a good place to start…Environmental sustainability — or “going green” —...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

The importance of gene editing

November 27, 2012
Feature
In order to fully understand how the human genome impacts on human biology, researchers need to carry out experiments in living human cells where the effects of altering the genetic...
Uncategorised
In Depth
Read More...

Pin It on Pinterest