Harmful bacteria selectively ‘eat’ DNA to build antibiotic resistance. The discovery could help prevent outbreaks of meningitis … Read more

Cases of childhood asthma fell by 12.3% in the first year after the July 2007 smoking ban and have continued to fall since. Stephanie McClellan talked to Anthony Laverty from … Read more

Reporting from Diamond Light Source’s 10th Anniversary event: How a particle accelerator has helped us learn how to protect the cultural heritage of limestone buildings… Read more

A concordat has been agreed by universities, medical research charities, pharmaceutical companies and the government to create greater transparency in animal research. This is a step toward … Read more

The Official Website of the Nobel Prize (www.nobelprize.org) gives little insight into the far reaching importance of Brian Kobilka and Robert Lefkowitz’s work. It states only that the awarding of … Read more

A map of the Milky Ways’s entire central bulge, displaying 84 million stars, has been created. The central bulge formed early on in our galaxy’s life, and so understanding what … Read more

The placebo effect is like a slightly embarrassing trick you play on someone who’s never heard it before. There’s no deception that makes a person look so gullible or so … Read more

Innovation is valuable; that’s why the government places such great emphasis on it in their plan for economic growth. Usually, it’s hard to predict where the next big innovation might … Read more

Pluto’s fifth moon discovered Image: Hubblesite A new moon has been found orbiting Pluto, bringing the number of satellites known around the former planet to five. P5 – the moon’s … Read more

Evolution can be merciless. It selects for success and banishes failure. It is therefore natural to assume that it favours genes that help themselves and not others. Yet for some … Read more