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Nanotech provides Nelson with an edge over two old opponents

Added: 6 May 2024

Sophisticated nanotechnology is being employed to protect the legacy of Britain’s most famous admir…

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Human placenta map offers hope against pregnancy threats

Added: 6 May 2024

Pregnancy safe therapies for deadly diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria could be b…

Innovate UK grants £1million to gene therapy trio

Added: 6 May 2024

Innovate UK has awarded a grant of more than £1 million to a trio of organisations working together…

Purpose before profit: Antonia Seymour, IOPP

Added: 28 Apr 2024

IOPP’s Antonia Seymour outlines why the publisher has joined forces with AIP Publishing and the Ame…

Working party shares 7 point plan for control of animal-to-human diseases

Added: 28 Apr 2024

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has released its recommendations regarding the potential use of …

‘Moon lander’ molecule caught on the move

Added: 28 Apr 2024

A combination of spectroscopy and computer simulations have revealed how pyramidal molecules are ab…

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Cell conversion technique ‘offers boost for personalised treatments’

Added: 28 Apr 2024

Prospects for personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could have been boost…

The evolution of CRISPR cell line technology

Added: 22 Apr 2024

CRISPR technology’s initial applications were primarily focused on targeted genome editing, but its…

Birmingham’s triage seeks way round drug discovery’s ‘valley of death’

Added: 21 Apr 2024

Birmingham university has shared details of its drug development model, designed to overcome one of…

Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role

Added: 21 Apr 2024

The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Al…

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Inventors claim new microscope offers major advance for spintronics

Added: 21 Apr 2024

Developers responsible for a new microscope say its improved technology enables the instrument to v…

‘Heartphone’ tracker could revolutionise disease prevention

Added: 14 Apr 2024

The popularity of the smartphone could provide significant advances in the rate of detection of hea…

Traditional Japanese artistry inspires materials science breakthrough

Added: 14 Apr 2024

Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have introduced a new method f…

Science mourns Nobel physicist Higgs

Added: 14 Apr 2024

Tributes been made worldwide to Peter Higgs, the Nobel-winning physicist who gave his name to the H…

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Report warns of crisis as Europe’s generic medicines reduced

Added: 7 Apr 2024

A recently published study that Europe faces a crisis stemming from a substantial decline in the av…

Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding

Added: 7 Apr 2024

The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at i…

Study links inbreeding and pregnancy loss in horses

Added: 7 Apr 2024

Mid and late term pregnancy loss among thoroughbred horses appears to correlate significantly with …

PacBio system to assist Estonia’s national genome scheme

Added: 1 Apr 2024

Estonia’s University of Tartu has chosen PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system for the next stage o…

Five years beavering bears water for ecologists

Added: 1 Apr 2024

An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed to…

Biotech chief wins Potts chemistry award

Added: 1 Apr 2024

CEO and founder of biotech Liverpool ChiroChem CEO Dr Paul Colbon has won the prestigious Potts Med…