Unblinded by greatness
Philippa Skett talks to the researcher who turned the boson data into the discovery
Professor Higgs and the press collide
Felix Science goes along to the launch of the Science Museum’s new exhibition
Inside the Collider: a review of the new exhibition
You’re very lucky to see this,” a professor with a bright orange waistcoat and bow tie tells us. “Usually, only scientists are allowed at internal meetings.”
Collisions unbound: what is the future for CERN?
Currently, experiments at CERN have halted, giving time for maintenance work and a renovation of its equipment to take place. It is set to continue its experiments in 2015, where the energy intensity of its collisions will be increase from 4 trillion electron-volts to 6.5.
Traditional ecological knowledge: the old versus the new
Nika Levikov on just how old customs can bring us up to speed for the future
Diagnosing Down’s Syndrome
Utsav Radia on the new antenatal blood test and its potential to detect the genetic disorder before birth
Antibody treatment for cancer
There is plenty of on-going research in the field of battling cancer, whether chemically, physically or biologically. A research group from southern California is developing a new strategy on improving the transport of medicine within the patients’ body, by creating antibodies which only activate... There is plenty of on-going research
The chaos of colony collapse disorder
Laurence Pope on recent research into the humble honeybee
How many species are there in the world?
Philippa Skett discusses the difficulties associated with determining biodiversity
Apparently money does grow on trees
Fiona Hartley finds it difficult to ignore a golden opportunity for puns
7th rock from another sun
Looking at the Kepler Telescope's newest discovery
To sleep, perchance to clean (your brain)
After hundreds of years of hypothesis, the primary function for sleep may now have been discovered.