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Breaking the mould with jellyfish
Added: 12 Mar 2020
The study of cells has perhaps been the most impactful way we have developed modern medicine Here w…

Space-bound human tissue
Added: 10 Mar 2020
The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station to expl…

Team release coronavirus inhibition results
Added: 10 Mar 2020
A team using computer-aided methods to identify possible new drugs to combat the current coronaviru…

Curbing our animal instinct
Added: 10 Mar 2020
Amy Beale, Scientific Liaison Officer at independent charity FRAME explains the importance of educa…

Enemy at the gates
Added: 4 Mar 2020
As coronavirus continues to spread around the globe and vaccine hesitancy threatens the return of l…

Half billion-year-old ‘social network’ observed in early animals
Added: 4 Mar 2020
Scientists from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have discovered fossilised threads which t…

Human protein atlas sheds light on brain
Added: 4 Mar 2020
An international team of scientists has launched a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed…

Investment transforms UK cancer campus
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A new multimillion investment is to drive forward development of The London Cancer Hub – boosting e…

Prize offers £75,000 for infectious disease study
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A new award recognising individuals who have made significant contributions to the eradication of i…

Business competition to support biotech
Added: 28 Feb 2020
Automated drug discovery company Arctoris has opened entries to it’s global business competition fo…

What a tip…
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A life-long fascination, a haven for rare species and a multi-legged monster new to science… Liam O…

Caught in the long grass
Added: 19 Feb 2020
Forensic botany, the use of plants as evidence in serious crime cases, is a little-known specialist…

Bird flight secret offers aircraft design breakthrough
Added: 18 Feb 2020
A team of scientists and engineers have gained new insight in the aerodynamics of gliding birds – s…

The new frontline
Added: 13 Feb 2020
Using big data analysis and knowledge networks is the new frontier in combating infectious disease …

A certain ratio
Added: 27 Jan 2020
Has CRISPR just given us the ability to change the sex ratio in mammals? Dermot Martin reports on n…

Getting into the lab, via the stomach
Added: 26 Jan 2020
Of all the incentives lab supply companies have in their arsenal – there is one guaranteed way they…

More for less
Added: 17 Jan 2020
From monitoring cow burps to novel herbicides, cutting-edge agricultural science not only aims to f…

An ode to imagination
Added: 15 Jan 2020
Frustrated by siloed science, Dr Jennifer Rohn bemoans the lack of cross-disciplinary imagination t…

Solidified dopamine
Added: 14 Jan 2020
This mesmerizing image was captured using polarized light, giving little droplets of solidified dop…

Can we afford to cure the incurable?
Added: 14 Jan 2020
Putting us on the very cusp of a medical revolution – gene therapy could cure the incurable. But as…