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Investment for world’s first portable fingerprint drug test

March 7, 2018
News
UK-based Intelligent Fingerprinting, developers of the world’s first portable fingerprint drug test, have secured £1.7 million of funding from a group of private US and UK investors.The investment will help...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Forensics
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Small particles lead to big storms

February 19, 2018
News
Even the tiniest of particles from human emissions can fuel powerful storms and influence weather and crops much more than previously thought, according to new research.The study, published in Science,...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Taking the fight to TB

February 15, 2018
Insight
What is needed to beat TB is an approach that both takes it’s biochemical defences, but also avoids antibiotic resistance. No easy task, but Timur Avkiran – a _Royal Commission...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Systems biology goes public

February 15, 2018
Feature
A personalised approach to medicine based on systems biology can only happen if there is a huge change in the way we democratize data. Data silos have to be a...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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A distinctly combinatorial approach

February 12, 2018
Insight
As energy costs go up, will we be able to leverage the power of the sun to produce chemicals? Meet Dr Timothy Noël, who last year scooped the DECHEMA award...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Energy, Engineering, Interviews, Pharmaceutical
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T’is the season to be queasy

February 7, 2018
Feature
As the flu season continues to wreak havoc – with so-called ‘Aussie flu’ on the rampage _– we get to the science behind the headlines Influenza is a complicated and therefore...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Exploding stars have a link to climate change

January 22, 2018
News
Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new research from a team from Denmark.The study reveals how atmospheric ions, produced by the energetic...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences
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Turning back the evolutionary clock

January 18, 2018
Feature
A glance back in evolutionary time, cancer diagnostics and a deep understanding of our connection to our mammalian ancestors… when a diverse group of biologists met over Skype, their interest...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Breathable atmosphere down to fungi

January 12, 2018
News
A team from Leeds University have shown that fungi were essential in the creation of an oxygen-rich atmosphere.The researchers created atmospheres resembling the ancient Earth and used computer models to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Taking on the resistance

January 12, 2018
Insight
It is no secret that there is a desperate need for a response to antimicrobial resistance, so what are we doing about it? Not nearly enough and Dr Peter Jackson...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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