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...
Tagged: Biology
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...
An invisible hero — nanoparticles as an emerging quantum helper of the immune system
In the pursuit of understanding and defeating our microscopic adversaries, viruses and bacteria, scientists embrace the saying: “In order to defeat your enemy, you must become them”. Armed with nanoparticles, they delve into the intricate workings of the cellular world, aiming to decipher the mode of action of these nano enemies and strategise effective combat measures against them.
The Naked Truth: The Naked Mole Rat’s Ageing Secrets
Can uncovering the secrets of the naked mole rat’s resistance to ageing help humans on their quest to eternal youth?
Stuck in the lab: why gender bias lingers in research
Women make up half the global population, so why are they so underrepresented in research?
Ants self-medicate in response to infection
Ants change their feeding behaviour in response to infection to incorporate a source of antiseptic compound.
The creation of Synthetic Biological Intelligence
Scientists have recently combined biology and technology to create a cellar model that exhibits intelligence.
