Sunil Laxman

A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood. In addition to the irregularly shaped leukocytes, both red blood cells and many small disc-shaped platelets are visible. Caption & credit: Wikimedia Commons

Crosstalk: How Two Modest Heroes Won the Battle Against Childhood Leukaemia

Sunil Laxman 20/03/2016

Y. Subbarow and Sidney Farber developed a friendship recognising...

The entrance dome (detail) of the central pavilion of the Giardini in Venice, decorated in 1909 by Chini (1873-1956) for the 8th Biennial Art Nouveau, illustrating the evolution of art. The 'architectural elements' for false ceilings are in the foreground. Credit: dalbera/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Crosstalk: When Galileo Saw Some Moons, and Other Stories of Invention

Sunil Laxman 22/02/2016

Places that foster conditions to drive innovation, enterprise, and...

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Crosstalk: When an Apple Fell on Newton’s Head, and Stories on the Process of Discovery

Sunil Laxman 20/01/2016

A discovery is made only when the appropriate tools...

A technician aligns a replacement focal-plane assembly with a powerful three-dimensional microscope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Md. This FPA will be installed on the Near Infrared Camera instrument, the James Webb Space Telescope's principal imager. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Chris Gunn.

Crosstalk: To Boldly Go From Collecting Facts to Making Discoveries

Sunil Laxman 20/12/2015

There are great discoveries to be made where we...

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Crosstalk: What’s Necessary and Sufficient for Science to Thrive, Over the Years

Sunil Laxman 15/11/2015

Crosstalk is our monthly column on the history, culture...

Cells as seen under a fluorescence microscope. Source: UChicago

Crosstalk: Peering Into the Innermost Parts of Cells From the Shoulders of Giants

Sunil Laxman 16/10/2015

Robert Hooke's insatiable love for physics, chemistry and the...

Staphylococcus xylosus. Credit: anicole/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Crosstalk: From the Inner Workings of a Cell to Science and Society

Sunil Laxman 15/09/2015

Crosstalk is a new monthly column on the history,...