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Taking the fight to TB

February 15, 2018
What is needed to beat TB is an approach that both takes it’s biochemical defences, but also avoids antibiotic resistance. No easy task, but Timur Avkiran – a _Royal Commission...

Taking on the resistance

January 12, 2018
It is no secret that there is a desperate need for a response to antimicrobial resistance, so what are we doing about it? Not nearly enough and Dr Peter Jackson...

Neurodevelopment

December 13, 2017
A fantastic entry for the prestigious RSB Photographer of the Year competition from Amy Bateman. The image shows the neurodevelopment of common frogspawn.

Programmed cell death

July 1, 2017
This stunning image is a composite of six Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) topography of SW480 colon cancer cells.

Human brain

May 2, 2017
This spectacular image of the human brain has been made with a combination of hand drawing, neuroscientific data, algorithmic simulation of neural circuitry, photolithography, strategic lighting design, and gilding.

A right royal success

March 6, 2017
Following a fellowship award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Alice Hagan set about developing an oncological knock-out punch. Here she talks microbeads, cancer starvation, and the...

Time to dissolve bias in STEM

February 10, 2017
On the eve of the UN’s International day for women and girls in science we spoke to Dr Sarah Hosgood about the importance of a sustained effort to encourage women...

Nerve endings in cornea

January 4, 2017
An image of nerve endings in the cornea, modified by Atat1 (yellow), a molecule which affects the flexibility of cells throughout the body.

Antibody crisis: Order from chaos

November 23, 2016
As we slowly come to terms with the damage caused by the antibody validation crisis – there is hope says Dr Anita Bandrowski. But in order to solve the problem...

Our greatest achievement or our biggest mistake?

October 25, 2016
Artificial intelligence carries as many risks as benefits, especially when it comes to military uses, says Dr Michael Reinsborough as he implores us to demand openess to avoid the mistakes...

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