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It’s not easy being green

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‘Green chemistry’ – just an empty buzz-word or a vital strategy for the future of chemistry? Christ…

A pocket full of pretty green

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 18 Apr 2018

Cleaning up industrial heavy metal pollution, revitalising polluted waterways and a new source of g…

The feel good factor

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 17 Apr 2018

A painfully direct question from a paralyzed patient set Professor Samantha Butler on a path to und…

A potent analytical force

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 13 Apr 2018

Pharma companies need more information on drug candidates at an earlier phase in the process than e…

Can we really automate paper writing?

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 5 Apr 2018

Every scientist has to adhere to the publish-or-perish maxim to some extent – the pressure to write…

The future character of medicine

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 23 Mar 2018

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

Is there a risk in being a beach bum?

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 19 Mar 2018

A recent study looking at the gut bacteria of surfers has given good reason for concern over the po…

Some like it hot

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 16 Mar 2018

The problem of ‘hot electrons’ mean that photovoltaic cells only harvest part of the sunlight they …

The legacy of Hawking radiation

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 14 Mar 2018

Perhaps the most powerful legacy of Stephen Hawking was the inspiration he gave to others – but his…

The heavy metal of oncology

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 13 Mar 2018

Forget a silver bullet – it is the is the osmium rocket we need to think about when devising select…

Bursting the bubble on cancer

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 6 Mar 2018

How to take on the leading cause of death in the developed world? To go big, you need to start smal…

Confidence comes as standard

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 21 Feb 2018

As the era of proteomics becomes firmly established, reliable analytical standards are vital – but …

Time to go at full charge?

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 19 Feb 2018

Li-ion batteries rule the world of mobile devices, however, they are far from perfect. To fully und…

Systems biology goes public

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 15 Feb 2018

A personalised approach to medicine based on systems biology can only happen if there is a huge cha…

Why robotics needs a radical reboot

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 12 Feb 2018

Intelligent robots that operate convincingly within the dynamic chaos of the real world are far fro…

T’is the season to be queasy

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 7 Feb 2018

As the flu season continues to wreak havoc – with so-called ‘Aussie flu’ on the rampage ­– we get t…

Turning back the evolutionary clock

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 18 Jan 2018

A glance back in evolutionary time, cancer diagnostics and a deep understanding of our connection t…

Time for antimicrobial action stations

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 17 Jan 2018

When it comes to antimicrobial resistance the time for talk is over says Dr Peter Jackson, what we …

Pathology’s new frontier

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 15 Jan 2018

The recent Life Science Sector Deal placed a strong emphasis on digital pathology… but does AI real…

Best of both worlds

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 11 Jan 2018

As we spew increasingly varied chemicals into the environment, the ability to detect contaminants i…