Articles tagged with "In Depth"

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Looking to the left

August 2, 2011
Albert Einstein, John Dillinger and Laboratory News staff writer Kerry Taylor-Smith – an unusual bunch, but what do they have in common? They're all left-handed. Here we look at the...

Battling a bottleneck in biotherapeutics

July 28, 2011
Although a variety of technical solutions have been developed, immunoassay is still seen as the workhorse in the biotherapeutic workflow - however improvements must be made in the performance and...

Are you suffering data overload?

July 22, 2011
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is helping a new generation of researchers to view their results as detailed 3D images that can be explored with the naked eye, says Carl Johan...

Derailing DNA

July 19, 2011
DNA acts like a bi-directional rail track with two types of train moving along the rails – Professor Panos Soultanas tells us more

Protein labelling without the baggage

July 14, 2011
Imagine trying to find your belongings in an airport if your baggage tags are attached to every suitcase, not just yours. This is the problem facing biologists trying to tag...

Labware – breaking the glass habit

July 14, 2011
It might be the trusty servant of all scientists, but there is an alternative to the breakable glassware found in the lab

New theory on Human origins

July 12, 2011
Brian J Ford has recently announced a new theory on the origins of human society in a lecture in Chicago. Here Professor Ford outlines the various arguments that he drew...

Energy storage and transfer – facing up to tomorrow’s major chemical engineering challenges

July 7, 2011
The non-stop global demand for energy on the move is placing ever-growing pressures on scientists and chemical engineers to develop innovative ways to improve energy storage and find more efficient...

Playing it cool

July 5, 2011
For one of the most impressive laser experiments in the world - the key to success is all about maintaining the environmental status quo…

Biomedical research – an image of the future

June 21, 2011
James R. Joubert discusses applications of integrated microscopy methods including live cell mechanical stimulation in relation to medical developments

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