Batteries included
The Japanese chemist, Akira Yoshino, has delivered his Nobel lecture in Stockholm with a predication that lithium-ion batteries ‘will play a central role’ in achieving a sustainable society in which...
View ArticleThalassemia: cultural and historical perspectives
Affecting approximately 1,000 people in the UK, Thalassemia is the name for a group of inherited blood conditions that affect the production of haemoglobin – the protein that transports oxygen through...
View ArticleA wooden Iron Lung
Daphne burst into tears when she saw the weird-looking box. ‘Come on, Daphne, it won’t hurt you,’ Dr G Emrys Harries, the medical superintendent comforted her as he took her hand. The large wooden...
View ArticleWhat can my brain tell me about the music I listen to?
Listening to music is one of the most treasured sensory experiences. It is a universal language across different countries and cultures and it is also deeply personal. Everyone has their own favourite...
View ArticleWhen cancer is an inspiration
They call it the Emperor of All Maladies. Half of all people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime and perhaps it is no wonder that the winner of the prestigious annual Max Perutz...
View ArticleLight-based quantum computer takes minutes to do a 2.5-billion-year task
The most important mathematical work in China’s long history is Jiuzhang suanshu (‘Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art’), a second BC text compiled by generations of scholars. Now a novel kind of...
View ArticleChanging the game
With the global pandemic keeping many in isolation, gaming offers a unique space to build online communities, forge genuine, enduring friendships, and provide much-needed entertainment and escapism....
View ArticleNext generation GM using synthetic bacteria paves way for materials revolution
All living things on Earth are made from protein building blocks that are created from the same 20 chemical units, called amino acids. With names like serine, leucine and alanine, nature strings...
View ArticleVaccination and the Victorians: Lyon Playfair’s Battle for Science
I am currently away from the Science Museum on a study sabbatical and was fascinated to find that my historical research chimes with contemporary debates, notably about the purpose, safety and...
View ArticleCan we feed the world without wrecking it?
As the planet reels from the effects of climate change and extreme weather, its burgeoning human population is placing unsustainable pressure on the Earth’s life support systems. How can we feed the...
View ArticleThe Fearful Past and Hopeful Future of Cancer Care
One in two of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, yet more of us than ever before are living longer and more comfortably with the disease, and beyond. The treatment of cancer has...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Margaret Bourke-White!
Nicknamed “Maggie the Indestructible”, Margaret Bourke-White was the world’s first female war correspondent. Born on 14 June 1904 in the Bronx, New York, Margaret would go on to travel the world and...
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