Biotech

London is a bad place to raise money, says life sciences tsar Sir John Bell

Business
Robert Johnson

The leaders of City stockbroker Cavendish recently said ministers should consider tax breaks for entrepreneurs to give the London Stock Exchange a ...

Microlands by J Craig Venter & David Ewing Duncan, review

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

But Venter’s project has uncovered so much diversity in aquatic microbial worlds, the standard taxonomy of kingdom, phylum and species breaks down ...

‘Deranged loner in lab’ could unleash new pandemic on the world, top scientist Lord Rees warns

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Nightmare scenario Lord Rees said the unpredictable nature of pandemics, including a lack of control over who becomes infected, means “governments and ...