One Small Step for Geckos, One Giant Leap for Materials
Kirsty McLean discusses the link between gecko feet and newly-developed adhesive materials.
One Small Step for Geckos, One Giant Leap for Materials
DNA Robots: The Medicinal Revolution?
Kirsty McLean investigates an unconventional drug delivery system that seems more science fiction than science fact.
“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Kirsty McLean investigates the daunting world of false memories and memory manipulation.
Focused Ultrasound: Surgery Without the Stitches
Focused ultrasound or magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) technology is a non-invasive technique developed to target internal body tissues. In the 1950s, Francis and William Fry demonstrated that high intensity focused...
Breaking the Chemist’s Back
As many of you will know, the definition of a chemist is “a scientist trained in the field of chemistry who studies both the properties and composition of chemicals and who studies the way...