Schrödinger’s Cat is a thought experiment used to highlight ambiguity in Quantum Physics. Simplified: A cat is placed in a closed box containing a vial of poison with a 50 per cent chance of breaking. […]
Science | New biosensor for Alzheimer’s
A new biosensor developed by scientists at the University of Leeds could revolutionise the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The research explains how the biosensor measures harmful clusters of the protein amyloid-beta in a patient’s bloodstream, […]
Science | Crowdfunding: science by popular demand
India this month participated in one of the most important races and feats of human ingenuity. The race to Mars is well under way and whist many acknowledge the noble intent of the mission, the search […]
Science | Nutt calls for an alcoholic alternative
Alcohol’s consumption of health care and policing resources has caused the former chair of the British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, David Nutt, to request greater funding and investigation into ‘synthol’, a pharmaceutical […]
Science | The sniffles
Ah-choo..! Excuse me; it’s that time of year again. The polite thing for me to do would be to blow my nose into a handkerchief, only to repeat the action a hundred times over to prevent […]
Science | Caution called for at UK genome project
We live in an age of subversion and sabotage, though not through your typical James Bond espionage, but data acquisition and hacking. Media mules Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, among other editors currently stand trial […]
Science | The economic power that is your nostrils
Whilst we humans like to think of ourselves at the top of the biological tree, we are in fact rather feeble animals when it comes to our senses. In comparison to most other beasts our […]
Science | Drink myths busted
Whether it’s an Otley Run, club night or just a quiet night down the pub it’s fair to say that most students will end up drinking some kind of alcohol this Freshers’ Week. LS Science takes […]