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Here at cubed we keep you up to date with the science that’s shaping our society and bringing a new dimension to everyday life.
 
This month we celebrate 100 years of the Medical Research Council, looking at its history and at the ongoing work it is funding. Happy #100MRC!
 

Article list

  • Fred Snager
    Making Research Count

    Over the last 100 years, one organisation consistently features in breakthrough science – the Medical Research Council

  • Nematode moving
    The Brain Science of Worm Watching

    You can help scientists better understand the relationship between brain circuitry genes and human behaviour by doing some worm watching.

  • computer render of flu virus
    Swine Flu Breakthrough

    How a collaboration between UK and Chinese researchers helped reveal a gene variant increasing the severity of swine flu

  • Detonating Nitrogen Triiodide
    Modern Alchemy: Detonating Nitrogen Triiodide

    VIDEO - Nitrogen Triiodide is an extremely sensitive explosive compound that, when dry, can be detonated by the lightest of touches or vibrations.