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What’s Your Poison?

What’s Your Poison?

Dr Barbara Hall uses the principles of toxicology to cut through common misconceptions about the dangers of everyday chemicals
Photobiology

Spotlight on: Photobiology

Why is photobiology important and what areas can photobiologists work in?
Seeing the wood for the trees

The Wood For The Trees

The Forestry Commission’s Simon Toomer explores the importance of arboreta in protecting the UK’s forests
The eureka amoeba

The Eureka Amoeba

Professor Robin Williams explains how a simple amoeba has proved a perfect replacement for animals when researching new epilepsy drugs
The Nuclear Option

The Nuclear Option

Dr Ulli Köster explains how rare radioisotopes, made in world famous physics labs such as CERN, could provide new treatments for cancer
10 Great Citizen Science Projects

10 Great Citizen Science Projects

The only thing more astounding than the popularity of citizen science is the variety of projects available to participants. James Borrell, a conservationist promoting 2013 as 'the year of citizen science', picks some of his personal favourites from around the world...
Aerobiology

Spotlight on: Aerobiology

What is aerobiology? Why is it important? What careers may be available in it?
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