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Reaching out for the origins of life

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 22 Oct 2015

Evidence suggests meteorites could have been an important source of the prebiotic compounds require…

Characterising the future of medicine

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 13 Oct 2015

Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. H…

Better science with improved efficiency

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 3 Sep 2015

Can laboratories really perform better science with improved efficiency and lower environmental imp…

Finding the personal touch

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 18 Aug 2015

The drive for personalised medicine requires an increasingly intimate understanding of the human ge…

1% battery, shutting down now. How biology can solve a very modern problem…

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 6 Aug 2015

The key to the next big leap in battery technology is buried deep within our own cells says Dr Caro…

Close to the madding crowd

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 4 Aug 2015

To engage the public in your work, whilst also solving that all-important research funding problem?…

Bringing biotech to industry

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 16 Jun 2015

Recent large-scale investment has seen Industrial Biotechnology hit the headlines. It is a rapidly …

GOING LIVE! How to gain an advantage for live cell imaging

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 9 Jun 2015

Dynamic imaging can reveal so much about cell biology, but which camera system is best for your lab…

Biotech crowdfunding with bite

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 19 May 2015

Crowdfunding is becoming de rigueur for many enterprising small businesses – but is it really a sui…

Biology gets the blues

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 12 May 2015

The UK has an enviable legacy when it comes to biological research…but do we take it for granted?

The power of partnership takes on HIV

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 28 Apr 2015

Having already made notable contributions to our understanding of how HIV works, Professor Andrew L…

The big squeeze

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 3 Mar 2015

The physical properties of proteins, so vital for cellular function, are intimately linked to the c…

The wonder stuff – How peptide hydrogels could change the face of biomedicine

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 20 Jan 2015

With a list of characteristics and applications long enough to make most bioengineers take notice, …

A new lease of life

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 13 Jan 2015

When a large scientific company decides to leave a manufacturing or R&D plant, what happens to the …

The all seeing AI

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 6 Jan 2015

Stephen Hawking and other high profile scientists have recently issuing stark warnings over the thr…

A meeting of microscopic strengths

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 24 Dec 2014

Integrated correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) offers the possibility to study the sam…

Fighting the doping cheats

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 3 Dec 2014

Daniel Leigh explores the evolution of mass spectrometric approaches in sports drug testing!--more-…

How do I smell? Much the same as you see

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 2 Dec 2014

As the International Year of Crystallography approaches its end, Dr David von Stetten explains how …

Stand and deliver – effective antisense delivery

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 25 Nov 2014

Before we can fully take advantage of antisense therapeutics, we first need to effectively deliver …

Getting a handle on the right gloves

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 18 Nov 2014

Nick Gardner explores hand protection and chemical hazards in molecular biology!--more-- Molecular…