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Coronavirus ‘trap and zap’ technology
August 24, 2020
Rice University researchers plan to reconfigure their 'trap and zap' wastewater-treatment technology to capture and deactivate the virus that causes COVID-19. Image: A schematic of the SARS-CoV-2 viral particle, which...
Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection
August 24, 2020
With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air-filter that self-sterilises and decontaminates is being developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel...
Coronaviruses amplified along wildlife supply chain
August 17, 2020
Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents in Viet Nam from 2013 to 2014, with an increasing proportion of positive samples found along the wildlife supply...
Can efficiency and sustainability coexist?
August 17, 2020
Allison Paradise, CEO of My Green lab, a non-profit organization and Marc Boreham vice president and general manager of Agilent's Laboratory Enterprise Solutions Division share their views on the interplay...
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New international carbon dating standard
August 13, 2020
Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects.
Advantage flat angel shark
August 7, 2020
The general picture of a shark is that of a fast and large ocean predator. Some species, however, question this image - for example angel sharks. They have adapted to...
A truffle’s tale… 40 years in the making
August 7, 2020
As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma attended a scientific meeting in 1981 on Orcas Island in Washington. Having recently learned how to...
How flying snakes glide
August 6, 2020
Flying snakes glide through the air, flattening their bodies to provide lift. But as they glide they seem to swim, undulating their bodies from side to side. Now a team...
Laboratory News podcast – life on the back of a turtle with Dr Jeroen Ingels
August 5, 2020
"I didn't realise that it is basically impossible to stop a turtle physically... it just rolls you over"
Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite reveals new penguin colonies
August 5, 2020
A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring...
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