Rare palladium metal provides new cancer therapies
Image credit: Yen Chew Figure 1. Diagram showing how inactive prodrugs can be activated specifically in cancer cells by delivering...
“Letters to a New Student” book review
“Letters to a New Student” is a short but extremely helpful guide not only for new and current students, but...
J.K. Rowling Donates £15.3 Million to Multiple Sclerosis Research
Image credit: Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic Author J.K. Rowling has recently donated £15.3 million to research at the University...
Scale of suicides by pesticide poisoning revealed by new study
Credit: wiredforlego via Flikr According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), pesticide self-poisoning is one of the most frequent means...
New funding to fight antibiotic resistance
Credit: Ragesoss via Wikimedia Commons Since the 1940s, we have been abusing antibiotics, using them to treat any infection under...
A tale of two wildfires: the Amazon Rainforest and the Congo Basin
Image credit: NASA FIRMS When NASA released satellite imaging of the Brazil forest fires on the 24th August, it quickly...
PTSD: The evolutionary advantage
PTSD via Jesper Sehested A third of people who survive traumatic events experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD survivors involuntarily...
The gendered dimensions of autism
Image credit: ElisaRiva via Pixabay. Gender has been at the forefront of discussion in recent years. Amongst all the talk...
Is mind and behaviour recognition going too far? A paranoid analysis
Image credit: Chris Urbanowicz via Flickr Hey Siri, Alexa, Google, Echo, et cetera – these greetings have become normal to listen to...