Pivot Points is a monthly column by EuroScientist writer David Bradley. As a science writer, I've probably received more than my fair share of crackpot missives over the last couple of decades. Messages from the apparently well-meaning, but often Read more [...]
Pivot Points is a monthly column by EuroScientist writer David Bradley. The artificial sweetener aspartame is one of the darling molecules of the scaremongering tabloids and blame-seeking activists, there's even a Facebook page aimed at banning it. Read more [...]
Pivot Points is a monthly column by EuroScientist writer David Bradley. Being exceptional at something is often attributed to one's genetics. Talent is passed down from parents, grandparents, it seems, whether that's musical or artistic skill, being Read more [...]
Pivot Points is a monthly column by EuroScientist writer David Bradley. In the American comedy drama Breaking Bad impoverished school chemistry teacher, Walter White, is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, discovers his wife is newly pregnant and Read more [...]
In Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) a hive fails to thrive but the bee keepers don't find the carcasses of their yellow and black striped friends. Read more [...]
The Christmas meal in Britain usually centers on turkey, in Denmark roast pork. The French penchant is for goose, while Germans may opt for suckling pig. Regardless of the fleshy focus, a feast of culinary chemistry is at play when you prepare and cook the big meal. However, if you don't get the chemistry right there's more to worry about than dry meat and vegetables when the microbiology is dished up. Read more [...]
Lucy Marcus is Founder and CEO of Marcus Venture Consulting, Ltd, a company that endeavours to foster sustainable success for funding organisations. She is non-executive chair of the Mobius Life Sciences Fund and chair of the audit committee for BioCity Nottingham. She talked to David Bradley about the downside to science spending cuts in the UK. Read more [...]
The Web in the 1990s, Web 1.0 you might call it, was all about content as everyone from shopkeepers to spectroscopists scrabbled to get online. The major scientific journals began their slow but steady adoption of the new access tools and community sites like ChemWeb and BioMedNet sprang up, endlessly mashing together capitalised prefixes and suffixes. Read more [...]
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