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Did the dinosaurs suffer with malaria?

May 16, 2016
Insight
A new analysis of the prehistoric origin of malaria suggests that it evolved in insects at least 100 million years ago, and the first vertebrate hosts of this disease were...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Banging the drum for women

March 14, 2016
Insight
BioBeat was founded four years ago to redress the lack of females in the bioscience sector. Founder, Miranda Weston-Smith tells us about how BioBeat has grown since then.
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Harnessing the quantum world

March 2, 2016
Insight
Professor Raymond Laflamme describes the quantum world, and details the biggest challenges involved in creating technology based on quantum properties.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Energy, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Physics
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What’s really going on with the Zika virus?

February 4, 2016
Insight
The Zika virus and its possible health risks to pregnant women are very much in the public eye at the moment, in every newspaper and on every news channel. Dr...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Microscopic subway passengers with a ticket to ride

January 22, 2016
Insight
A complete map of the microbiome of the New York City subway system? It’s possible – and all it takes is a few eager students, some swabs and a toddler....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Antimicrobial resistance – a disaster in the making?

January 8, 2016
Insight
After the emergence of yet another antibiotic resistance mechanism in the form of MCR-1, the future of medicine looks bleak. But there is hope says Gunnar Kahlmeter.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Discovering how to learn science

November 19, 2014
Insight
David Porter, is L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre Manager at Royal Institution, explains how to teach science without ‘teaching’ There are many challenges facing science teachers in a school but without wanting...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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How to hack your home with Ri Christmas lecturer Danielle George

November 12, 2014
Insight
We catch up with this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer Danielle George to find out what she has in store for budding young scientists, and what she’ll be doing over...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Giving life to the dead: Barts Pathology Museum’s Carla Valentine

December 13, 2013
Insight
Carla Valentine gives life to the dead – not only does she ensure the preservation of 5,000 specimens housed at Barts Pathology Museum, she blogs about their historyTell us about...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Talking cancer-beating proton beams with Professor Carsten Welsch

May 26, 2013
Insight
There is more to accelerator physics than just smashing sub atomic particles against each other and putting together the puzzle of the universe. Here, Professor Carsten Welsch, Associate Director of...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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