Roger Highfield

Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.

Nov

Many COVID-19 drugs, vaccines and tests depend on ‘the spike’. Roger Highfield, Science Director, describes why it is now the most important protein on the planet.

Nov

From digital hype to analogue reality: Universal simulation beyond the quantum and exascale eras

Beyond the quantum and exascale computer eras, the future of simulation will rely more on analogue computing than has hitherto been expected, say Roger Highfield and Peter Coveney

Nov

Coronavirus: should we infect young people with COVID-19?

Britain is planning the first human ‘challenge studies’, where people are deliberately infected with SARS-CoV-2. Roger Highfield, Science Director, explores the risks and benefits.

Nov

coronavirus:virtual pandemics

Lockdowns have been introduced in the wake of computer predictions about the pandemic. Roger Highfield, Science Director, looks at one of most advanced COVID-19 models

Nov

Follow the theory to halt Covid-19

Politicians need to show more trust in the scientific method, says Roger Highfield

Nov

COVID CONVERSATIONS

Roger Highfield talks to Zsiros László Róbert for an event organised with the British Council in Hungary

Nov

How UK Medical Science makes the World Healthier

With the launch of the Decade of Health campaign, Roger Highfield, Science Director, highlights a few of the many ways the UK has helped the world live longer, happier lives.

Oct

When cancer is an inspiration

Roger Highfield, Science Director, helped judge the annual Max Perutz Science Writing Award, which this year was dominated by entries about cancer

Oct

Architecture of the Invisible

Science Director Roger Highfield describes an event with the distinguished chemist Sir John Meurig Thomas to celebrate the UK’s pioneering role in using X-rays to understand living things.

Sep

The Human Cosmos

Roger Highfield, in conversation with Jo Marchant and Lord Martin Rees

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Roger Highfield was born in Wales, raised in North London and became the first person to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble. He was the Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph for two decades and the Editor of New Scientist between 2008 and 2011. Today, he is the Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group. Roger has written seven books and had thousands of articles published in newspapers and magazines. This is his personal website.