Meet the relatives: microbes mirror mankind
*Caption: boiling volcanic pool in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming - typical conditions for growth of archaea*
*Caption: boiling volcanic pool in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming - typical conditions for growth of archaea*
University of St Andrews scientists have designed a novel way of spinning the most delicate microscopic objects - from a hamster chromosome to a glass bead - without damaging them.
A novel comparison between the effect of the sun on skin and life in volcanic pools is being made by a University of St Andrews scientist.
A team of University of St Andrews scientists has been awarded over half a million pounds to explain how DNA replication can lead to cancer.