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Lockdown blues: insights from an inheritor

September 9, 2020
Insight
Reviewing lockdown life and attempts at emergence into a limited ‘new normal’ with no previous experience of what ‘normal’ career entry should look like, Amy Grace offers a first-hand perspective...
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Covid-19
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New fossil ape discovered in India

September 9, 2020
News
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Paleobiology
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Fungus leather: new front-runner for sustainable clothing material

September 9, 2020
News
In a new review paper by the University of Vienna, Imperial College London, and RMIT University in Australia, researchers argue that leather made from fungi has "considerable potential" to be...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Parasitology
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A researchers guide to lockdown

September 8, 2020
Insight
We may all be stuck at home but there is still science to be done! Dr Matthew Partridge explores the options while taking his own advice…
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Covid-19
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Laboratory News Podcast – Rhythmical rats and scientific gin

September 7, 2020
Its only a bloomin' party episode! And what makes a party really tick? Why music and alcohol of course...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Podcasts
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Biomimicry informs better sensors: just add noise

September 4, 2020
News
Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the animal world but unusual in manmade sensors. Now Penn State researchers have added a small amount...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Botany, Physiology
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Reimagining the face mask: a design upgrade

September 4, 2020
News
Imagine a reusable face mask that protects wearers and those around them from SARS-CoV-2, is comfortable enough to wear all day, and stays in place without frequent adjustment. Based on...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Virology
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Elastic to kinetic energy conversion through biomimicry

September 4, 2020
News
Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too - they discovered a way of efficiently converting...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Botany, Engineering, Environment, Physics, Zoology
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Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights

September 4, 2020
News
Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specialised precursors of muscle cells, researchers have developed a novel 'disease-in-a-dish' model to study...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Ensuring ‘fair and equitable’ distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

September 4, 2020
News
When effective COVID-19 vaccines are developed, their supply will inevitably be scarce. The World Health Organization (WHO), global leaders, and vaccine producers are already facing the question of how to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Virology
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