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An affirmation of alternatives

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As concern over the reliability of commercially available antibodies continues to grow, we ask: whe…

Fast food

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Speed breeding isn’t a new concept but it could be crucial to ramping up food production in Europe …

Applications that make the cut

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There’s been a lot of news and hype about CRISPR, but what can it actually do?  Dr Bahri Karacay ta…

The necrosome and the killer zombie proteins

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As cell biologists gets to grips with the relatively recent discovery of non-apoptotic programmed c…

Liquid gold

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 21 Jan 2019

Seventy years ago, a research paper published in France went almost unnoticed, but its findings led…

A very complex disturbance

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 14 Jan 2019

Given what we know about how impactful humans have been on the environment, the idea that we actual…

Looking to the regions

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 7 Jan 2019

The story of sci-tech companies in the north over the last 20 years has been one of incredible succ…

Beating the diamond-standard

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Forget diamond – when considering super-hard materials, says Metin Örnek, the search for an alterna…

It’s a dog’s life

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Professor Bryan Sykes has written an absolutely cracking book on the genetic history of Man’s best …

Stepping over boundary lines

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Boundaries traditionally applied to science are holding us back when it comes to solving big proble…

Two beams are better than one

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As neutron crystallography advances it is becoming a powerful scientific tool, but will it replace …

Taking on the quick-change artist

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Many experts think we are overdue for a deadly flu pandemic – now a new collaboration is taking on …

Tech that fits the profile

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Work at the UK’s national synchrotron facility has helped advance the field of forensic DNA profili…

Raise your game and a glass

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Scientific advisor to proficiency testing at Fapas, Mark Sykes, discusses the benefits of proficien…

Understanding battleground earth

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Falk Hildebrand takes through the first global study of the soil microbiome. This incredible intern…

The new ice age

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 22 Oct 2018

Cryo-storage is a multibillion-dollar industry, but surprisingly we are not very good at it. Here, …

The fat of the land

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Evidence for environmental chemicals as disruptors of metabolism is mounting ­– now a new study sug…

The chips are down

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Is it really possible to recreate a human on a chip? That is the ultimate aim of organ on a chip te…

A very particular problem

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Lives are on the line when it comes to correct understanding of how therapeutic proteins can form p…

The drugs don’t work

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The fight against antibiotic resistance is real and is something we all have a responsibility in ta…