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April 25, 2016

What Makes an Outbreak?

How do bacteria we consider household names cause such widespread disease and panic?

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April 23, 2016

Unplanet Pregnancy Produces Three Suns

Study of alien planet reveals rare three star solar system.

Physical Sciences / Snippets

April 16, 2016

A Robot in Squid’s Clothing

Soft robots now have a new stretchy, luminescent skin – inspired by octopuses and squids that change their skin’s texture and colour to camouflage with their environments

Features

April 10, 2016

SPA Best Specialist Award – We WON!

Life Sciences / Snippets

April 9, 2016

A Tight Squeeze for Cancer Cells

The elephant that pushed through the front door: Michaela Mrschtik explores how cancer cells can do the unimaginable and pass through holes smaller than themselves.

Features / Life Sciences

April 6, 2016

The Poet Inside All of Us

Lovisa Sundin explores the poetry-penning algorithms of our minds.

Image: mesenchymal stem cells photographed by Teodora Aldea

Life Sciences / Snippets

April 2, 2016

Stem Cell Etiquette

How can we make stem cells behave the way we see fit?

Features / Life Sciences

April 1, 2016

Can Antibiotics Actually Make an Infection Worse?

Millions of people in the UK take antibiotics every year to clear infection, but in some cases, could they actually be doing more harm than good?

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