Photoacoustics: seeing with sound
An advanced technology that combines high-frequency sound waves with laser light is giving researchers and clinicians a new way of seeing living tissue.
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An advanced technology that combines high-frequency sound waves with laser light is giving researchers and clinicians a new way of seeing living tissue.
Find out how women scientists contributed to knowledge of the chemical elements – and what this tells us about the nature of scientific work, then and now.
Investigate how enzymes in your laundry detergent get rid of stains – and which are most important for keeping clothes clean.
Identify tracks of subatomic particles from their ‘signatures’ in bubble chamber photos – a key 20th century technology for studying particle physics.
Step inside a science-inspired art exhibition where students bring biological molecules to life.
Over several decades, the search for new medicines has progressed from mimicking natural molecules to screening many millions of compounds.
New research is revealing the previously unknown beneficial effects of tree canopies – and the secret life within them.
Aeolus – a new laser-equipped satellite – is designed to give meteorologists the comprehensive wind data they need for better weather forecasting.
New techniques are revealing how cells control their shape – and the changes that could give an early warning of disease.
Bring students and scientists together for an evening of multilingual scientific entertainment.
Photoacoustics: seeing with sound
In their element: women of the periodic table
Which laundry enzymes work best?
Track inspection: how to spot subatomic particles
Art meets molecular biology
The changing technologies of drug design
The secret life of forests
Forecasts from orbit
Cells: why shape matters
Scientific stand-up: organising a student science slam