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Discovery of DNA double helix – 65th anniversary of Crick and Watson’s landmark work – an annotated infographic

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The 65th anniversary of the publication of the structure of DNA by James D. Watson, Francis H.C. Crick, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins takes place as scientists debate the ethics of new gene editing techniques. It was Saturday lunchtime on February 28, 1953, when two Cambridge University scientists pushed open the doors of The Eagle, a favourite pub for researchers at the nearby Cavendish laboratory. The duo, 25-year-old American bacteriologist and birdwatcher James Watson and Francis Crick, a 37-year-old British physicist, announced that they had unravelled the double helix structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, saying: “We have discovered the secret … Continue reading Discovery of DNA double helix – 65th anniversary of Crick and Watson’s landmark work – an annotated infographic

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Book review: This Book Thinks You’re A Scientist

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By Louise Fox Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a child, excited by science for the first time again? Well now you can with the science museum’s newest release ‘This Book Thinks You’re A Scientist’. The interactive book explores seven key scientific areas, including force and motion, electricity and magnetism, earth and space, light, matter, sound, and mathematics. Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, readers are encouraged to engage in their own hands-on experiments and explore science by questioning everything. It’s a great way for your children to spend the afternoon, out in the … Continue reading Book review: This Book Thinks You’re A Scientist

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New issue of #EandT magazine online now – turbulent times for new engineers

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The latest issue of E&T magazine is available online now. Be prepared for a bumpier ride this year if you’re getting ready to jet off on holiday after leaving university. New research predicts climate change is going to cause more turbulence, making for longer flight times and higher fuel consumption. We also review the forbidding employment landscape for graduate engineers, as the skills shortage and economic turmoil continue. Also in this issue: bacteria as the new hope for renewable energy; the tennis technology that helped Murray win Wimbledon; new PCB design tools; contactless payment card technology and the likelihood of … Continue reading New issue of #EandT magazine online now – turbulent times for new engineers

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Top scientific achievements of 2012 – an annotated graphic

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It may well already be 2013 and naturally here at E&T Towers we’re all tremendously future facing, relentlessly pursuing the new and strange, but we can still find time to honour and celebrate the top scientific achievements of 2012 with this natty infographic. God particles, DNA, genomes, X-rays, Martian landings and robot hands – hats off to you all, boffins! Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Top scientific achievements of 2012 – an annotated graphic

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How much do you really love science? The T-shirt test…

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When it comes to your passions, your intellectual proclivities, there’s nothing like wearing your heart on your sleeve. Proclaim to the world what makes you tick, what drives you on, what gets you out of bed in the morning. One effective way to transmit to the universe the depth of your feelings on any given subject is via the medium of the T-shirt. This one made us laugh out loud here at E&T HQ earlier this week, but we should warn you that it does contain language that we all hope never to hear our own children using. We’re all … Continue reading How much do you really love science? The T-shirt test…

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New Scientist Launches Spin-off

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Bearing a suitably technical-sounding moniker, Arc 1.1 is the inaugural issue of New Scientist magazine’s bimonthly spin-off focussed on investigating the intersection of science and technology with culture and society at large. With the slightly ominous-sounding subtitle ‘The Future Always Wins’, the magazine is a collection of essays and think pieces interspersed with several pieces of short fiction, all loosely themed around the future, futurism and futurology. The articles range from slightly creepy, sci-fi writer China Mieville’s visit to a marine biology lab, to slightly gloomy, Paul Graham Raven on the Dark Mountain Festival and the collapse of Western civilisation, … Continue reading New Scientist Launches Spin-off

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Slovakian student wins Electrolux Design Contest with Portable Spot Cleaner

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Slovakian student Adrian Mankovecký has won first place in the 2011 Electrolux Design Lab competition finals at the Room Home Intelligence Conference, held this week at London’s Business Design Centre. Mankovecký, who studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia, took the top prize with his design concept the Portable Spot Cleaner, after beating 1,300 entrants from over 50 countries. The jury, which included Danish designer Cecilie Manz, award winning architects Hayes and James Slade, and Henrik Otto, senior vice president of Global Design at Electrolux, was impressed by his concept and praised his “creative and insightful thinking”. “The Portable spot … Continue reading Slovakian student wins Electrolux Design Contest with Portable Spot Cleaner

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E&T podcast previews new-look National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh

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The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh reopens on 29 July 2011 after a massive refurbishment that has created new galleries housing thousands of exhibits. For its latest issue, E&T picked its ten favourite from the many illustrating Scotland’s contributions to scientific and technological innovation. Find out , what they are and listen to managing editor Dominic Lenton talking to the museum’s keeper of science and technology, Alexander Hayward, about them in E&T podcast 7.5. Continue reading E&T podcast previews new-look National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh

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His dark materials: Andre Geim and graphene

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Judging by the interview I heard on Radio 2 last night, Professor Andre Geim is one reluctant science star. Recalcitrant would be one word for his level of engagement. Still, being one of them gold-plated egghead boffins, he should have realised that you can’t go around discovering the thinnest material ever, giving it a snappy name like graphene and then winning Nobel prizes on account of this without someone wanting to come round and have a word. As it happens, E&T did just that two years ago – check out our interview with Prof Geim from the E&T archive. Continue reading His dark materials: Andre Geim and graphene