If we know so much about disease, where are all the cures?

Jun 02, 2016 09:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Science

We know so much about the genes that cause disease, so why are we not approaching an age of Star-Trek-like medicine in which a doctor can wave a handheld device over a patient, claim to have sequenced the genes of the...

Accurate science or accessible science in the media – why not both?

Jun 02, 2016 08:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Every day, millions of people take to search engines with common concerns, such as How can I lose weight? or How can I be productive? In return, they find articles that offer simple advice and quick solutions, supposedly...

To understand the brain, it helps to make a computer model of one

Jun 02, 2016 07:48 am UTC| Science

One of the greatest challenges of engineering, science and medicine is to understand the brain, which is the most complex organ and system known to humans. A lot is already understood about how individual neurons and...

Maths anxiety is creating a shortage of young scientists ... here's a solution

Jun 01, 2016 11:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Does the thought of doing long division, or solving a bit of algebra give you the shivers? Youre likely to have maths anxiety. In our recent research, my colleagues and I found that in 80% of countries, girls have more...

Learning the language of cells will help scientists beat cancer

May 31, 2016 13:41 pm UTC| Science Health

Chemotherapy is a blunt weapon. It kills cancer cells and healthy ones, too. For this reason, scientists are looking to develop more targeted treatments treatments that dont create a lot of collateral damage. One strategy...

Climate Change Series

How scientists are using drones to help predict coastal erosion

May 31, 2016 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature Science

A large chunk of chalk recently collapsed into the sea from the Seven Sisters cliffs, a world-renowned beauty spot located on Englands East Sussex coastline. To many, they are a quintessentially English landmark and the...

Ancient Egyptian pigment provides modern forensics with new coat of paint

May 30, 2016 04:31 am UTC| Science

It was during a trip to Indianapolis that Professor Simon Lewis, a forensic and analytical chemist, was approached by Gregory Smith from the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) with an idea. Smith, senior conservation...