Research shows that shows that a good indicator of how long individuals will live can be obtained from early in life using the length of specialised pieces of DNA called telomeres.
Dr Jo Mountford is an experimental haematologist. Her research done in the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology will hopefully one day replace current practices of collecting blood from donors.
The micro-ear device, developed by scientists Prof Miles Padgett in the School of Physics & Astronomy and Prof Jon Cooper in the School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, uses a special array of focused laser beams to allow scientists to listen to tiny organisms such as bacteria.
The micro-ear device, developed by scientists Prof Miles Padgett in the School of Physics & Astronomy and Prof Jon Cooper in the School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, uses a special array of focused laser beams to allow scientists to listen to tiny organisms such as bacteria.