Margaux Lesaffre on abnormal brain waves that may cause hallucinations in schizophrenia
animal research
How colour affects the body clock
Faiza Peeran finds that animals can use the colour of the sky to tell the time
Animal Showoff
The team behind Science ShowOff presents a very special edition of their anarchic open mic night at the Grant Museum, Animal ShowOff.
New discovery signals a potential end to the antibiotic crisis
An ingenious new invention named ‘iChip’ allows detection of antibiotics produced by soil microbes – such antibiotics utilised by humans to fight infection
Openness on Animal Research
A concordat on animal research has been signed by Imperial College and 72 other organisations …
Action to Protect UK Animal Research
A concordat has been agreed by universities, medical research charities, pharmaceutical companies and the government to create greater transparency in animal research. This is a step toward …
Science Behind the Photo #24
Want to lose weight? Eat a red pepper. Scientists have discovered that capsaicin – the ingredient that gives red peppers their pungent flavour – breaks down fat. It was already known that feeding rats capsaicin slowed their weight gain, but until now, no one knew why. A team from Korea has found that adding capsaicin […]