Why are illegal pharma markets still prevalent today?
Professor Luis Diestre discusses the research and findings of his European Research Council funded Illegal Pharma Project, focussing on the ever popular market for counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
Plague: The first pandemic disease
Ann G. Matthysse, Professor of Biology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, writes in detail about plague, the first pandemic disease including comment on bacteria.
“Salt reduction saves lives” – So why is it being pushed aside?
Mhairi Brown, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Action on Salt, agues that thousands of people will suffer unnecessary strokes and heart attacks if ministers fail to take decisive measures in forcing the food industry to comply with salt reduction programmes.
International Women’s Day: Tech experts discuss tackling gender biases
In recognition of International Women's Day, a range of influential experts in the technology sector discuss tackling gender biases in the industry.
Care home residents will be allowed one visitor from today
As part of the government's roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions, care home residents will be allowed one indoor visitor from the 8th of March.
A blueprint for advancing agricultural science
Parag Chitnis from the United States Department of Agriculture provides a blueprint for advancing agricultural science.
SEA-TITAN Superconducting Power Take-Off
Luis García-Tabarés from CIEMAT, as Technical Manager in the H2020-funded SEA-TITAN, tells us what we need to know about the first of a kind superconducting direct drive power take off.
Social housing: Why risk focus is key to delivery
Following publication of the Social Housing and Planning White Papers, Mark Alcock, principal risk manager at, Equib, offers Registered Providers his expert advise as they plan for a post-pandemic future.
The importance of lifewide learning in post-pandemic careers
As the working world is changing forever, Nicola Urquhart, Lecturer in Careers and Employability at the University of Kent, explains in National Careers Week why post-graduate study is the key to future professional development.
Epilepsy research: Improving infrastructure & management
Arun Swaminathan MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Epilepsy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, considers the importance of improving infrastructure and management of epilepsy research.
Farm to Fork: More sustainable & healthier food
Claire Bury, Deputy Director-General for Health and Food Safety at the European Commission, walks us through the Farm to Fork strategy that concerns a transition to more sustainable & healthier food.
Oceans: Delousing farmed salmon and trout
Here, we find out about delousing farmed salmon and trout, including the importance of fish welfare in this special oceans focus.
Nitric Oxide Formation Research
Dr Alan Schechter of the Molecular Medicine Branch at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and his colleagues discuss research during the last two decades that has revealed a second major pathway for Nitric Oxide formation in mammals.
Backup and Disaster Recovery: Common encountered issues
Jeremy Wyatt, Operations Director at Fantastic Cloud Services Limited, explores some of the most commonly encountered issues organisations face when it comes to Backup and Disaster Recovery.
IMPAQT: Supporting the sustainable development of aquaculture
Here, Coordinator of the Intelligent Management Systems for Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMPAQT) project Frank Kane discusses the path to revolutionising aquaculture and increasing the industry’s sustainability.
UK Government to give NHS workers a pay cut in 2021
Despite the Government giving the NHS a 1% pay rise, an expected rise in inflation over 2021 means this move will translate as a pay cut for healthcare workers.
Digital learning transformation programme
Alex Drinkall, Communications and Stakeholder Lead, and Martin Sinclair, Programme Lead at Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare, educate us about the digital learning transformation programme.
SpiralG Project: The first demonstrator of spirulina biorefinery
Here, we learn about the many uses of spirulina algae, and how BBI JU funded project SpiralG is assessing the sustainability and profitability of each spirulina biomass component.
How valuable are randomised controlled trials in reproductive medicine?
Professor Darren Griffin reflects on how patients in fertility clinics should interpret the scientific evidence base when even the experts can’t seem to agree.
EU climate policy on fluorinated greenhouse gases
General Director for Climate Action at the European Commission, Mauro Petriccione explains how the EU climate policy on fluorinated greenhouse gases is working and what its future holds.