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Comment And Analysis

Powering the lab

When a technology increases in sophistication, automation and ease of use, so can the results. In the case of electron microscopy, gains in the laboratory have been considerable, explain Anna Prokhod…

Interviews

Ri Christmas Lectures 2025: Universal truths

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures mark two centuries of breaking barriers between science and the public. This year’s presenter, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, will focus on endeavours to overcome…

Focal Point

Water droplet

This amazing image – Crack Patterns I, by Thomas Séon – shows a water droplet falling onto a silicon substrate at -36°C...