Category Archives: Highlights

Tesla’s Gigafactory is set to be a milestone for electric vehicles.

Real Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese does not contain cyclopropane fatty acids, found in the milk of cows fed fermented fodder.

Synthetic polymerase is a small step along the way to mirrored life forms.

His “crystalline sponge” is helping researchers figure out the architecture of organic molecules.

A review of ‘The Experimental Self: Humphry Davy and the Making of a Man of Science’

EVE Online combines space exploration, political intrigue, and now, an opportunity to spot proteins inside cells.

Concerns about the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute reflect a broader decline in industrial research and development.

Taking the long view on the cost of nuclear power.

Part research project, part commercial stimulus, this enormous sequencing programme could usher genomic medicine into mainstream use.

The perception that young scientists need to sacrifice family life for a career in research must change.