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Taking the wider view

January 3, 2019
The ‘quality’ of a research paper is a tricky thing to quantify – journal impact factors and citations have gone some way to do this, but they don’t take into...

A right royal institution: Professor Aoife McLysaght

November 29, 2018
This year, The Royal Institution Christmas lectures will, for the first time in its 194-year history, feature not one but two lecturers. Accompanying Professor Alice Roberts for her Who am...

Finding the next generation of cancer therapy

November 28, 2018
Having been awarded a grant from The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 – Carlos Julià is determined to reduce the cost of next generation cancer therapies by using...

Using science to change our world

October 24, 2018
As the Royal Institution sets it sights on expanding the public understanding of science, we hear from its new Director on how he wants everyone to develop a lifelong journey...

The art of taking things apart

October 23, 2018
Science presenter, broadcaster and even physical phenomena namer… we spent a minute with Steve Mould ahead of his keynote talk at Lab Innovations What first sparked your interest in science...

Gearing up for show time

October 11, 2018
Science populariser and broadcaster extraordinaire Maggie Philbin will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Lab Innovations. We caught up with her ahead of the event to talk Tomorrow’s World,...

Food for thought

September 11, 2018
Bacteriophages are well known to molecular and microbiology, but could they really be a new vanguard against foodborne pathogens? Phage expert Professor Mikael Skurnik thinks so…Given the continuing problem of...

Getting the right exposure

September 6, 2018
Understanding the totality of environmental exposures from conception onward and what that might do to our health. That is the ambition of exposomics and it is an incredibly tough undertaking...

A weight off your mind

August 7, 2018
Fiona Auty explains why the National Physical Laboratory is going to the immense trouble of redefining the kilogram, and what it means for youAlthough measurements are often taken for granted,...

An aquatic approach to space food

July 23, 2018
Just how do you haul enough food into space on extended manned missions without burning through vital fuel? The answer, says biologist Dr Miriam Knee, all comes down to zooplankton…The...

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