Hannah Eastwood, 18, is the UK Young Scientist of the Year - the first woman to receive the award. Her winnning project explored how chromium could be removed from drinking water, allowing tap water to be purified and reclaimed for industry.
The international landscape of science is changing. The rapid growth of scientific output from emerging economic powers, especially China, could re-draw the map.
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It’s a spectre that’s long been feared: a cyberattack on a country’s national infrastructure. But it recently became a reality. Andy Ridgway looks at the escalating cyberarms race
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