Built to Compete, Expected to Cope: The Price of The Play
You’re in the fifth set. It’s 15-14, and you are one point away from ending the match. Your heart pounds against your chest. Your legs are heavy from yesterday’s game and a week of...
Category: Life Sciences
Birth beyond Earth: can we have babies in space?
The idea of future space colonisation is no longer confined to the realms of science fiction, but is seeming more like an inevitable reality. NASA aim to send humans to Mars by as early...
Thawing microbial reservoirs – is another epidemic on the horizon?
Introduction The cryosphere, which comprises Earth’s glaciers and permafrost, has long been thought to be devoid of life. However, new evidence shows that it serves as a frozen archive, preserving both living and...
mRNA vaccines: the 40-year discovery that changed the future
Author investigates the decades long research involved in the development of mRNA vaccines, the trial and errors that revolutionised vaccine research.
Local Ingenuity, Global Impact: How the OpenFlexure Microscope is Enabling Microscopy for Everyone
What do researchers in Antarctica, pathologists in Rwanda and farmers in Argentina have in common, and how do they all link to a 3D printing project based in Glasgow?
The Ozempic revolution: how semaglutide is reshaping weight loss
Liam Butler explores the science, hype, and impact of semaglutide on weight loss and diabetes.
Could the nitroplast be the new powerhouse of the cell?
New organelle discovered in a marine alga rewrites the eukaryotic relationship with nitrogen.
Fighting the Deadliest Skin Cancer: The Potential of Personalised Medicine
Emma investigates the use of personalised medicine in the treatment of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer and how this technology could produce a vaccine for this cancer.
