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The ‘Principia’ Mission is a part of the wider Human Spaceflight Programme of the European Space Agency and the first of its kind to be directly affiliated with the British Government. As to whether or not this renders the mission productive, the answer may seem obvious. After all, according...

Holmium Holmium Holmium! To celebrate the festive season, we’re going to take a look at a few areas of research which focus on answering some fascinating questions about this special time of year. So pull up a lab stool, fill your conical flasks with some lovely eggnog, and enjoy...

43 year old Tim Peake from Chichester, West Sussex became the first British man in space having blasted off at 11:03 GMT on 15th December from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz capsule docked with the International Space Station at 17:34 GMT and, after 3 and a half hours of...

It’s the academic equivalent to the Oscars that rewards those who have made significant advances in their respected fields. Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, established the prizes in his will in 1895, and have since been awarded every year. Nobel, in his will, devoted his entire estate to the...

As this year’s freshers are undoubtedly now discovering, almost as prevalent as the rivalry between UoN and Nottingham Trent is the age-old debate between humanities and sciences students about whose subject is more worthwhile. Or, to be more accurate, the defence of their beloved subjects by humanities students, who...

The result of decades of intensive research into the causes of cancer has started to come to fruition in the last few years. In 2009, on publication of the first complete genome of a cancer cell, it became clear that no two cancers of any class or location were...

With the start of the New Year Impact Science takes a look back at the biggest news stories and discoveries in the world of science and technology in 2014. Science One of the biggest stories of the year was that of the 67P comet landing. The Philae probe from...