Prose and Passion

I wrote a "long essay review" on the book European women in chemistry , which, by definition, is more of an essay than a review. I...

I have covered the upcoming revolution in genome sequencing, i.e. the development of "third generation" sequencers that can read s...

My feature about bacteriophages (viruses infecting bacteria), their chequered history and possible future as antibacterial therapeutics, is ...

I quite like Amy Macdonald's second album, A curious thing, not sure why it didn't get much attention around here ... this appears t...

love this solidarity poster I saw in Brussels this weekend, at the Centre International It's from the Belgian Labour Party - more on th...

There are now three competing approaches to regenerative medicine: embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent cells, and transdifferentiated ...

both Oxford University and the former polytechnic, Oxford Brookes University have now announced that they will charge tuition fees of £9000 ...

The round-up of German pieces published this month includes a clever application of llama antibodies, celebrations of the International Year...

The unforgiving Within Temptation I’ve followed WT since The heart of everything, and love the Black Symphony recording to bits. But what mi...

trailer of the Temple Grandin biopic, which was shown on UK satellite TV yesterday (and I missed it): Grandin is a household name for everyo...

I just spotted this weekend that the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory in South Parks Road has acquired a second plaque. The first one honoured...

In my rapidly growing collection of films that did not get a cinema release in the UK although they are perfectly nice, this is one of the ...