David Leigh

1 week ago | biorxiv.org | Daniel Vera |Patrick Griffin |David Leigh |Jason Kras

AbstractBiological age refers to a person's overall health in aging, as distinct from their chronological age. Diverse measures of biological age, referred to as clocks, have been developed in recent years and enable risk assessments, and an estimation of the efficacy of longevity interventions in animals and humans. While most clocks are trained to predict chronological age, clocks have been developed to predict more complex composite biological age outcomes, at least in humans.

Nov 26, 2024 | chemistryviews.org | Vera Koester |Jasmin Herr |Johanna Rath |David Leigh

David A. Leigh, University of Manchester, UK, has received the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal from the GDCh for his “pioneering achievements in the field of nanoscience as well as his tireless efforts as an ambassador for chemistry.” Leigh’s research focuses on artificial molecular machines and molecular topology. It has had a major impact on supramolecular chemistry.

Nov 23, 2024 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | David Leigh

Every summer, we rent a cottage from a local landowner in the Glens of Angus, a peaceful, largely agricultural district in the foothills of the Grampians. The royal estate at Balmoral, 30 miles away on the other side of the mountains, is probably better known to tourists. We like this obscure part of the world because my wife grew up on a farm here, and so she knows people.

Jan 19, 2024 | thejamesbonddossier.com | David Leigh

A look at the cars from George Lazenby’s single entry in the Bond franchise, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. George Lazenby’s brief tenure as 007 may not obviously appear to be a distinct era, but I’ll refer to it as such for the purposes of this series. The sixth film in the James Bond series features two main cars, the Aston Martin driven by James Bond himself, and Tracy’s Mercury Cougar, which has a more prominent role in the film.