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Women in science: Physics is not done better by men, Notebook

Women in science: Physics is not done better by men

The Institute of Physics report last week on the lack of girls progressing on to study physics at A-level continues to cause concern but is not surprising. Of course we need more positive female role models in the sciences and physics in particular and of course the media need to give more exposure to those that do exist.

By | Notebook, Science & Technology | Friday, 19 October 2012 at 6:16 pm

Dressed to kill: What do infectious disease agents have in their wardrobes?, Notebook

Dressed to kill: What do infectious disease agents have in their wardrobes?

The ability of certain pathogens, such as those which cause malaria, influenza and HIV, to disguise themselves and evade host immunity poses an enormous challenge to developing vaccines against these important diseases. Just what do these bugs have in their wardrobes that enables them to keep outwitting us? Can we find a way to use this knowledge against them?

By | Notebook, Science & Technology | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 12:38 pm

Maths doesn’t have to be boring, Notebook

Maths doesn’t have to be boring

Maths! Who could honestly say they looked forward to their maths lessons at school? A small minority, at most.

By | Notebook | Friday, 25 May 2012 at 11:44 am

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