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Profesor Helmut Segner at the Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health discusses the possible role of chemical pollution in the decline of freshwater fish stocks

Head of the Genomic Research Laboratory François shares insight into Staphylococcus aureus and how it the bacteria has evolved over the years

Professor Colin Suckling discusses chemistry-based innovation and research benefits that can be seen during our lifetimes. Many people have written off traditional sciences as having little value to the modern world. The real excitement in science is said to be in the big things like the Higgs boson and gravitational waves....

Prof Colin J Suckling, University of Strathclyde's Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, discusses heterocyclic chemistry.

New guidance published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) warns of the potential risks of eating crispy roast potatoes and browned toast The guidance, which was launched today, warns that certain foods that are roasted, fried or grilled for too long contain a chemical called acrylamide. The chemical is a natural...

Dr. Sherilee Harper and Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo look at the need for integrated environment and health surveillance for foodborne, waterborne, and zoonotic disease in the Canadian North

Scientists funded by the EU have found new ways of detecting infectious pathogens, which can be used to prevent pandemics… In a bid to understand the spread of diseases, researchers have been investigating how pathogens can lead to pandemics such as those seen in 2014 with the deadly Ebola virus,...

A view from one of the drug discovery teams at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland Earlier this year I completed a three-year term as a ‘Public Partner’ on the Scottish Medicines. Consortium (SMC), which is the body that advises the National Health Service in Scotland on the cost-effectiveness of medicines....

Difficulties manufacturing vaccines could leave the UK vulnerable to future epidemic… A new report from MPs on the Science and Technology Committee has warned the UK “lacks the capacity” to create enough vaccines to protect people. Concerns were raised by the committee, who said the government’s response to the Ebola epidemic...