Dr Hunter and his colleague Bruce Smaill have done the research that has allowed Dr Noble and Dr Winslow to knit their equations for single cells into a model of an entire organ.

ECONOMIST: Model behaviour

On the other hand, he has the commercial interests of the UK's banks and businesses to protect, and he fears that a more closely-knit eurozone would seek to rig the single market to the detriment of Britain.

BBC: Eurozone banking union that works for Britain?

The collapse of the single market, which has done more than anything else to knit Europe together, would threaten the EU itself.

ECONOMIST: The future of the euro