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Understanding Nature’s scalpel

December 15, 2016
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The CRISPR-Cas system is already one of our most important genetic techniques – and it is one honed by evolution not humanity. So why did it evolve, how exactly does...
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Feel the heat of antimicrobial resistance

November 23, 2016
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Used by Antoine Lavoisier in the 18th Century, calorimetry is one of the oldest methods of chemical analysis. But sometimes the oldies are the best says Dr Magnus Jansson. Here...
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Culture clash

November 9, 2016
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With estimates suggesting they can infect anything between 10-85% of cell lines in a microbiology laboratory, Andrea Toell explains how best to protect yourself against mycoplasma
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Has Microsoft made an oncological smart bomb?

November 4, 2016
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In September, AstraZeneca and Microsoft made headlines for their pioneering ‘drag and drop’ computer model of cancer cell signalling. Here Jonathan Dry explains why this isn’t simply hyperbole and that...
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New map, new thinking

September 22, 2016
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Dr Emma Robinson tells us how comparing brain function not cortical folding patterns led to a revolutionary new brain map and why this has revealed a startling truth about neural...
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Patent pending?

September 15, 2016
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When is a health treatment really new? When is a medical treatment really an invention? Patent attorney Isobel Finnie explores how diagnostic definitions vary between the European and American jurisdictions...
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Catch them if you can

September 12, 2016
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When it comes to the performance of your fluorescence microscopy system, every photon is sacred – but how to catch as many as you can? Dr Martin Thomas has some...
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Ethics of genetics: More than just designer babies

September 6, 2016
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Work around the human genome and advances in the accessibility and analysis of data, creates huge opportunities for early healthcare interventions. But the advent of genomic information and evolving technology...
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The super-organism behind Nature’s skyscraper

August 11, 2016
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Notions of the ‘super-organism’ need to be invoked to truly understand the intelligence behind Nature’s skyscraper – the termite mound. Hunter King discusses the hive-mind behind these incredible structures and...
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X-ray vision

August 9, 2016
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Bees navigate by sensing the polarisation of light. We now know that some rainforest-dwelling bees can measure polarisation much more accurately than previously assumed. Dr Andrew Bodey tells us how...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
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