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- Pharmacogenomics: how personalized medicine is sculpting the future of medical treatments
- Think Plants Are Harmless? Meet Nature’s Hidden Predators – Carnivorous Plants
- Quasicrystals: The Man who Cried Crystal
- Neutron Stars: Reinvention After Collapse
- Gut bacteria: Friend or Foe? Debunking the myths of gut health.
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Pharmacogenomics: how personalized medicine is sculpting the future of medical treatments
By Andriana Had Imagine a world where your first prescription works exactly as intended. No trial and error, nouncertainty, no unnecessary expense. This may sound impossible, but pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine are building towards a future where this becomes a reality. Everyone’s genome, defined as the entire set of DNA instructions found in our cells…
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Think Plants Are Harmless? Meet Nature’s Hidden Predators – Carnivorous Plants
Plants are usually considered gentle and non-threatening organisms. They don’t hunt, chase, or attack animals, which makes them seem innocent by nature. But this thought falls apart when we discover that a small but fascinating group of plants has evolved the ability to trap and digest animals, making us realize plants can be predators too.This…
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Neutron Stars: Reinvention After Collapse
By Inés Martínez Marchán The formation of neutron stars The fate of a star is ultimately dependent on its mass right after its initial formation. Stars with an initial mass greater than about eight times that of the current mass of the Sun are considered massive stars and hold the capacity to form neutron stars…
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Gut bacteria: Friend or Foe? Debunking the myths of gut health.
By Aifric Mangan Our gut is made up of trillions of microorganisms that are hugely influential to our health. But with prebiotic drinks lining the shelves of our favourite stores and ‘gut friendly diets’ being all the rage, it’s difficult to distinguish truth from trend. Do these supplements really work and what can we do…
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Peripheral Immune tolerance: Nobel Prize physiology and medicine winners of 2025.
By Selin Yilmaz This year, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”. What exactly does this mean? Our immune system is like our body’s army. It identifies foreign objects such as viruses, microbes and bacteria that…
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The Chemistry Behind Anaesthesia
By Leanne Berry The incredible capacity of humans and other animals to process and experience physical sensations is largely thanks to an intricate web of sensory neurons that extend throughout our bodies. These neurons transduce electrical signals leading to conscious perception of the physical sensation. However, during medical procedures, sensory neurons can lead us to…
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From wooden models to molecular frameworks: meet the scientists behind the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
By Meadhbh Javier Ni Bhroin What if there was a substance that could pack the surface area of two football fields into a single gram?This is exactly what earned Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa, and Omar Yaghi the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. These three men have gained worldwide recognition for their work on developing a…
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The Curiosity Corner: Chapter 2
Keep this in mind when getting a chemical formula tattooed! By Irene Verburg Pérez In recent years it has become fairly popular to get a chemical formula tattooed, this is usually a molecule which the individual uses, such as caffeine or nicotine, or common neurotransmitters such as adrenaline, dopamine or serotonin. What people don’t usually…
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Tine Ealaíne: Fire Art – The chemistry behind bringing metal and fire to life
By Maria Del Socorro What do you imagine when you think of fireworks? Maybe New Year’s Eve, or a crowded stadium. Maybe protests in Georgia or your local Tesco at 2AM. A violent display symbolic of a fresh start, a rebellion, a break in the ordinary of everyday life. A massive spectacle meant to reflect…
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