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Our environment is filled with a multitude of microbes, some harmful others not. However, some organisms have taken coexisting a step further and developed relationships, or symbioses, with microbial partners. Here we consider some of the successful symbiotic relationships found in nature.

This list highlights five of the remarkable contributions that HeLa cells have made to science and medicine.

Mass spectrometry is an important tool for a multitude of research disciplines, from identifying toxins in food and beverages, diagnosing bacterial infections to imaging samples at the biomolecular level. In this list we will explore some of the exciting trends within the field of mass spectrometry and the applications that are exploiting these advances to move the technique forward.

In this list we will highlight some of the less well known but nonetheless ground breaking and important milestones in microbiology from the past seven decades.

If Valentines wasn’t for you, Twitter had your back with #AcademicValentines.

We asked you to tell us how you would describe your job to a 5-year-old, here is a selection of our favourites.

Here we discuss the 8 main types of water contaminants, and how they can be prevented.

2017 has been a busy year for applied science research and breakthroughs, which can have wide ranging impacts from health and welfare, forensic investigation to food analysis. In this list we bring together seven of the most exciting advances.

We have seen some amazing scientific breakthroughs in 2017.
This list highlights some of our favourites.

We asked you to tell us about the most stupid thing you've done in the lab, you didn't disappoint.