Unibody Lab-on-a-Chip Fast Prototyping

Researchers have built a robot made up of individual ‘particles’ that moves with no centralized control. The bots rely on the same kind of statistical mechanics that allows groups of cells to move, creating some intriguing possibilities.

Only 17% of the English-language biographies on Wikipedia are about women – but the statistic won’t stay that low for long if Dr Jess Wade has her way. A passionate advocate for diversity in science, Jess balances her work as an award-winning physicist at Imperial College London with her role as a ‘Wikipedian’, creating and uploading the biographies of underrepresented groups in science.

Laura Kilpatrick, Chloe Peach and Carl White from the University of Nottingham talk about Cancer Research and how they use our Microplate Readers PHERAstar and CLARIOstar.