Cassie Welander

Trenching through the jungle, machete in one hand and butterfly net in the other, a young woman cautiously lo…

On a mountainside located on the Hawai'ian island of Oa'hu lives an opportunistic predator. A newly described…

Waitressing, bartending and tutoring stole time from my academic studies, but I picked up transferable skills…

Malaria is a serious global disease, causing an estimated 263 million cases and 600 000 deaths in 2023 alone.…

Researchers from Japan have made advancements in insect cyborg technology allowing them to create new cockroa…

Cassie Sims is a PhD student at Rothamsted Research and the University of Nottingham. Her research focuses on…

Sleep is an important process for us humans. Much research has been dedicated to understanding how and why hu…

We have grown accustomed to the message "Save the Bees". Amidst worries over insect decline in general, many …

The use of tools is not uncommon in the animal kingdom. From gorillas to crows, many animals use tools for ea…

Scientists have analysed waste from the orange juice industry to find useful products. The waste was found to…

You lay back in the grass and stare up at the blue, summer sky. A butterfly dances through the air across you…

Treatments for Alzheimer's disease can be expensive to produce, but by using novel cultivation of daffodils o…

Scientists are closer to developing 3D printed artificial tissues that could help heal bones and cartilage, s…

Sensors play a large role in the future of farming and developing innovation in this area will help save mone…

Researchers have identified locations in plants' chromosomes that can transfer immunity to their offspring. T…

Our digital media intern and early careers member, Cassie Sims, talks about her PhD research looking at insec…

On 15 Mar 2019, chemists from across the UK country to compete in the 6th National SCI/RSC retrosynthesis com…

New hydrogen fuel has been generated using solar power, electrodes and sea water by researchers in Stanford, …

Robotic technology has a large part in the UK's chemical industry in reducing individual's exposure to ionisi…

Researchers have developed a method to produce super-thin quantum materials with extraordinary electronic beh…

UK businesses are invited to apply for a new Smart Grant to receive an investment of up to £20m from Innovate…

A new project with scientists from across five European countries will develop next-generation chemical noses…

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, have identified a mechanism that that prevents natural …

On Tuesday 5 February 2019, delegates from across the chemical industry gathered at SCI HQ in London to launc…