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Leo is a science writer with a focus on environmental and food research. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Newcastle University and a master's degree in science communication from the University of Edinburgh.

Education

The University of Edinburgh

Newcastle University

Areas of Expertise

Food and beverage analysis

The COVID-19 pandemic

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Published Content

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Automation in Drug Discovery Is Accelerating Workflows

Discover how Agilent's AssayMAP Bravo and RapidFire systems accelerate drug discovery with automation and rapid, reliable mass spectrometry.

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Your PFAS Questions Answered by Professor Rainer Lohmann

How concerned should we be about PFAS in our drinking water? Professor Rainer Lohmann answers this question and more.

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NIH To Cap Publishing Fees for Federally Funded Research

In an announcement on July 8, the federal agency said it “plans to implement a new policy that will cap how much publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their research findings publicly accessible.”

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Canada Must Resist US Health Misinformation, Says CMAJ

Writing in the latest edition of the journal, the editors argue that the Trump administration’s recent dismantling of public health and research infrastructure “pose[s] immediate and long-term risks to the health of neighboring countries”.

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The Technique That Can Distinguish Up-Market Floral Honey

Is the high-end world of honey rife with fraud? One research team has developed a test to help determine just that.

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How AI Is Reducing Food Waste

Technology Networks speaks to some of the new AI-powered pioneers targeting food waste.

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NSF Awards Its First PFAS-Free Certification to FOODLUBE

The industrial lubricant manufacturer ROCOL has become the first company in the world to receive a PFAS-free certification from NSF International.

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PFAS Hotspot Found in Glasgow River

Rivers across all four nations of the UK are contaminated with a type of forever chemical, according to a new study.

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Wildtype’s Cultivated Salmon Becomes First of Its Kind To Receive FDA Approval

The vat-grown seafood joins two other cultivated meat products, from UPSIDE Foods and Eat Just’s GOOD Meat, respectively, to mark the third cultivated protein to enter the US market.

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Microplastic-Fed Mice Develop Glucose Intolerance

According to Amy Parkhurst, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis, micro- and nanoplastics could be damaging our livers and increasing our chances of developing glucose intolerance.

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