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Download this image gallery to see how a variety of techniques have been used to capture stunning images of the world beyond the naked eye.

The possibilities of what an immunoassay can do for your project are endless, limited only by your imagination – and reagents, antibodies, equipment, time – well, you get the idea. This list provides 6 tips for optimizing your immunoassay.

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.

Explore the key discoveries made possible by HeLa cells and uncover the science behind their unique immortality in medical research and breakthroughs.

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.

This listicle explores the main types of water contaminants and how methods to prevent them.

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.