Extraordinarily small materials with big world applications

Extraordinarily small materials with big world applications

Extraordinarily small materials with big world applications Published: May 12, 2022 Professor Joshua Robinson is a materials scientist and engineer based at The Pennsylvania State University in the US. His research focuses on 2D materials, such as graphene, and he is...
How can we discover new antibiotics?

How can we discover new antibiotics?

How can we discover new antibiotics? Published: May 10, 2022 First discovered in the 1920s, antibiotics have revolutionised the way we treat infectious disease. However, the discovery of new antibiotics has been declining since the mid-1960s and bacteria are gradually...
Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas Published: Plants are integral to society, but there are still big knowledge gaps about how they work at the molecular and cellular levels. To address this, Dr Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee and Dr Selena Rice from the Carnegie...
How can vaccinating pigs protect people?

How can vaccinating pigs protect people?

How can vaccinating pigs protect people? Published: Many disease outbreaks, including Covid-19, are caused by viruses that have jumped from animals to humans. At the Pirbright Institute in the UK, Dr Rebecca McLean and Professor Simon Graham are studying one...