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Give technicians ‘key worker’ status

October 15, 2014
Dr Ramsay Richmond, executive manager of Queen Mary Bioenterprises explains why we need to nurture our technicians There’s a word in the German language – fingerspitzengefühl – which literally means...

Dr Tracy Briggs awarded For Women in Science Fellowship

October 13, 2014
Dr Tracy Briggs was recently awarded one of four UK & Ireland L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Fellowships to further her research into the understanding of single-gene disorders that lead...

The miracle of science – but why can’t you cure my cold!

September 17, 2014
In this section we invite our reader to tell us about their work, lives and scientific passions. Here, Steve Trim ponders the widening gap between what science can do and...

Science and comedy with Robin Ince

September 15, 2014
Through his stand-up and broadcasting  comedian and all round science enthusiast Robin Ince has done much for the public engagement of science. We caught up with him and threw a...

Ice bucket challenge…will it help?

August 27, 2014
Iain Moal offers his take on the Ice Bucket Challenge The ALS ice bucket challenge, a campaign to raise funds and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has taken social...

The spicy science of chillies

August 15, 2014
Fiona Russell, Postdoctoral Research Associate in chronic pain at King's College London tells us why react the way we do when munching on chillies Burning mouth, red face, sweating –...

Exploring the smallest of things with Peter Forbes

August 11, 2014
This month we chat to Peter Forbes, co-author of NanoScience: Giants of the Infinitesimal Tell us a bit about NanoScience: Giants of the Infinitesimal. The book began with my co-author...

Evidence everything!

July 15, 2014
Matthew Partridge explains why following the advice of your peers isn’t always best practice – especially when it comes to experimental set-up Scientists are not infallible. In Research, we always...

Weighing dinosaurs with Dr Roger Benson

July 7, 2014
Roger Benson and his colleagues have been ‘weighing’ dinosaurs all in the name of science. We find out more… Your recent research has seen you 'weighing' dinosaurs – that sounds...

The Golden Rule of Experimental Science

June 15, 2014
Michael de Podesta gives us his golden rule of experimental science; do it quick and then do it right As an experimental scientist at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), I...

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