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The greenest lab equipment?
Added: 3 Jul 2019
I love my job. The main reason is that I help labs save vast amounts of money whilst fighting clima…
Glorious celebration of imposters
Added: 17 Jun 2019
Ever wondered, despite all your scientific expertise, if you’ll be uncovered as a fraud? Don’t worr…
Harnessing regional strengths
Added: 17 Jun 2019
From distinctive strengths in transport innovation in the West Midlands to leadership in the life s…
Innovation in data collection
Added: 5 Jun 2019
There are many examples of product enhancements using improved design and or different materials to…
Brexit bomb
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 May 2019
In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them fee…
Human microbiome
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 May 2019
There is so much to be discovered about the human microbiome, but what we do know is pretty amazing…
Better tattoo be safe
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 25 Apr 2019
As hipster cool reaches ‘peak-ink’ the scientific literature is awash with studies on the safety of…
Moral morsels
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 22 Apr 2019
It is a troubling business. The simple act of lifting a morsel to your mouth is now fraught with di…
Put that snack down you fools!
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 3 Apr 2019
For all those that partake in the occasional lab-based munch, Dr Matthew Partridge has some gentle …
Spending a penny to battle pandemics
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 11 Mar 2019
As the seat-belt light stubbornly refuses to go out, and the three G&Ts sunk even before the pilot …
A word on Watson…
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 20 Feb 2019
That a scientist who uncovered the very structure of the code of life should be called out on racis…
Crop crisis
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 Feb 2019
Regardless of where you stand on the ethics of GM food, one thing is undeniable – a recent decision…
Seasonal kissing and unfortunate penguins
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 7 Jan 2019
So that’s it then. That was the season to be jolly, and now the thick grey coat of January threaten…
Split the difference
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 22 Nov 2018
Our brains can integrate left and right functions... so why can't our society do the same?
Influenza epidemic
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 12 Nov 2018
We are overdue an influenza epidemic and the hunt is on for a universal flue vaccine. Here we look …
Microfluidic devices
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 12 Oct 2018
Organ on a chip technology is a new approach designed to created miniaturised physiological systems…
An evolutionary perspective on laziness
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 28 Sep 2018
The Science Lite team discover the ultimate excuse for laziness...
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You’ll forgive the whiff…
A biomimetics boom
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 6 Sep 2018
Biomimetics is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solv…
Pound of flesh
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 8 May 2018
In light of the recent report from Goldman Sachs suggesting medical success is bad business, Russ S…
