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Half of clinical guidelines are outdated within 6 years. How should medicine respond to the shrinking shelf life of medical knowledge in an...

How remote work, AI tools and pandemic disruption are reshaping burnout in the pharmaceutical industry and what leaders must do to respond.

Does handwriting improve learning compared with typing or AI transcription? Explore the science behind note taking and memory.

New EUFEMED data explains why healthy volunteers join Phase I trials and how better participant experience improves research.

How daylight saving time affects sleep, heart health, mood, and safety. Evidence from circadian science explains why many experts support...

Chronic overwhelm is the real workplace horror. A look at the cognitive science of workplace fear, multitasking overload and why delegation...

How meaningful conversations build trust, improve wellbeing, and why authenticity matters more than ever in a digital-first world.

Learn how lean medical writing improves clarity, reduces regulatory document length, and helps reviewers understand clinical data faster.

Is bigger always better in research? A clinical scientist's perspective on big science vs small science — and why modest budgets often...

List making reduces cognitive load, triggers dopamine and helps manage anxiety. A look at the psychology behind why lists work and how to...

Predatory journals feed off scientific research. A Halloween look at the monsters lurking inside academic publishing and who the real...

We recently encouraged writers (of all kinds) in our recent Insider’s Insight to experiment with large language artificial intelligence...

The festive season is upon us again.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia is a phobia of Friday the 13th. Yes, they actually gave it a name.

Whether it’s a festival, concert or celebratory party, music unites people and pervades

Music has a remarkable ability to bring people together and permeate

Yes, it’s Star Wars Day again! The Star Wars films base their wow-factor on their adoption of science

Every year, a huge amount of scientific data is released. It's out there, but how do you find it?

By their very nature, experts don't find humour funny. We take things way too literally.

I've been studying medicine for 40 years, and it's beginning to look like something out of science fiction

Son, I wanted to record this landmark day in your progress through life.

I am continually reminded that I must work toward better relationships with my sons than the one I had with my dad.

Early in 2020, COVID-19 was spreading rapidly across the globe.

We have long been confounded by that indescribable phenomenon known as love.

The UK's world-class human challenge study gives us new information about SARS-CoV-2 cases that were mild in 36 healthy young volunteers who...

I love this time of year because I love fireworks. Did a love of fireworks spark a lifelong interest in science? When I was about 11, a...

Frights create a happy Halloween by providing the thrill of fear in a controlled and safe environment, turning what would normally be...

Work never stops and after the findings of our ground breaking survey in the EMWA

In the past, Halloween has meant the end of the crop and the start of the dark, cold winter.

The US Army has a new secret weapon – napping.

When the UK went into lockdown on March 23rd because of the COVID-19 outbreak,

As a jobbing scientist you rarely spend your whole career working on the same project.

At the start of the year many of us faced changes to the way we work as the COVID-19

When a country’s economy becomes so dominated by a single export industry

May 4 is often known as ‘Star Wars Day’. It is jokingly said

Over the years friends, colleagues and industry leaders have shared their many of their insights with me freely

Halloween is upon us again.

Attend any research meeting, conference or clinical congress

We all have a responsibility to encourage young people to study science

We should all do what we can to get young people interested

Last night saw a collection of the UK’s great and the good in clinical pharmacology

We use the term coming of age to describe the transition into adulthood

In the words of Clint Eastwood’s character, Harry Callahan, in the film Magnum Force “A man's got to know his limitations”....

Research shows handwriting notes may improve focus and memory compared with typing. Discover why the pen may still outperform the laptop.

The scientific literature comprises scholarly publications that report original

Biologic therapies for severe asthma, monoclonal antibodies targeting key type‑2 inflammatory pathways.

The festive season is a time for the giving and receiving of gifts.

Last week marked 12 months since I was involved in a life-changing accident.

In response to my post with tips for people who want to start their own business

Last week was the 20-year anniversary of my founding Niche Science & Technology Ltd.

I am shamelessly referencing our Insider’s Insights (IIs) to Dr Who’s TARDIS – our latest edition

The largest pharmaceutical companies not surprisingly rely on the largest contract research organizations

On this day 2 years ago I had a pretty bad accident getting knocked off my motorbike

Shy, introverted, or just dreading the coffee queue? Practical strategies for scientists and clinicians to network confidently at...

The last 20 years at Niche have been amazingly exciting – offering

Yesterday was 20 years since the Memorandum

on the occasion of your becoming an adult.

How common are uncited research papers? A closer look at publication metrics, bibliometrics, and what citation counts really say about...

They say that as one door closes another one opens.

It is possible to use electrodes to record brain

My end-of-year task for yesterday was a visit the local police station

Academic Industry Meeting days (AIMdays)

Metathesiophobia: from Preclinical to Clinical Development

This is me, close to death – again.

Senescent cells refuse to die and poison the tissues around them. Discover the science of cellular senescence, inflammaging and the drugs...

In 1786, estimates placed our average life expectancy at just 24 years.

Many of the increasing number of elderly in our population

We are looking over the precipice that is a revolution

We are looking over the precipice that is a revolution in lifespan modification.

According to many observers we are standing on the precipice

Ask anyone and they will tell you that they don’t think they are as old as they are.

Many scientists believe that we have reached the end of the life-expectancy revolution

With age comes wisdom, however the physical side of ageing

Since 2013, our Insider's Insights have been a way for Niche

It can feel like a career in science is about sacrifice.

Want a conversation to warm your heart and lift your spirits

I was planning to post an article on mentorship today

Journal selection has become a strategic scholarly activity rather than a final administrative step in the research process.

It the time of school retrospectives once again

Unfortunately, health does not generally improve with age.

Even though I'm not particularly religious

At a time when the news seems to enjoy focusing on bad things

There is something about primeval about the part of human

Buying Christmas presents for people can be difficult

With the year coming to a close, the Niche team

Can anyone become an instant expert? Cognitive science explains the limits of rapid learning, shallow knowledge, and the illusion of...

With the year coming to a close, the Niche team are eager to thank all our colleagues

Posters are an excellent opportunity to showcase your work

We have some strange terms in the pharma industry

With the year coming to a close, the Niche team are eager to thank all our colleagues

A lot of people say that people don't just buy 'things,' they buy connection

With the year coming to a close, the Niche team are eager to thank all our colleagues

I believed that the central purpose of journalism is to provide the general population

We have some strange terms in the pharma industry