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It is a pity Mr Nobel did not think about including a prize for biology in his final will. Today’s announcement was eagerly awaited in my department, particularly since a very member of our institute was part of the Thomson Reuters nominees, which raised considerable buzz over the last couple of weeks. We all crossed [...]

Spring is usually associated with renewal, growth and mating. For some people (including myself) it also means hay fever. So last morning I was taking my daily pill against allergies, I looked at the label on the flask, where it is mentionned that the active ingredient is ‘cetirizine hydrochloride‘, which serves as ‘antihistamine‘. So, what [...]

In an early April issue of Science was published the work of a group of researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales and University of Cambridge in UK, who built a robot scientist they appropriately named Adam. With its respectable dimensions (5 meters in length, 3 in height and width), Adam was designed such as being [...]