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Fishy study links seafood to prevention of Parkinson’s

May 14, 2018
A new study from Sweden suggests the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health could involve the protein Parvalbumin. The protein, found in great quantities in several...

Rescuing curiosity

May 11, 2018
Research in commercial labs and companies is increasingly goal driven – but is there still room for curiosity? And how can we harness a question-based approach as we become ever...

Spin-out gurus move to new digs

May 11, 2018
Oxford Sciences Innovation, which commercialises the science and technology from the University of Oxford, is expanding at The Oxford Science Park.Driven by its rapid rate of growth and creation of...

Everyone is invited to the science party

May 10, 2018
Dallas Campbell is a well-known science populariser and, this month, will be a key speaker at the Scientific Laboratory Show talking about society’s relationship with science, technology and engineering. We...

Pound of flesh

May 8, 2018
In light of the recent report from Goldman Sachs suggesting medical success is bad business, Russ Swan can’t help but wonder if we are living in a parallel dystopia  In...

Graphene spikes slice away infection

May 8, 2018
A tiny layer of graphene flakes could become a deadly weapon against bacteria according to scientists from Sweden. The team from Chalmers University of Technology has now shown that a...

Setback to personalized cancer treatment

April 30, 2018
A new study suggests that tumour cells may develop resistance to potential Ras inhibitors – currently one of the most studied cancer treatments.Mutations in Ras are those that initiate many...

AI scholarships open at Warwick

April 30, 2018
New scholarships to fund MPHil or PhD research students in Artificial Intelligence have been launched at the University of Warwick.A half million pound donation by Warwick graduate and AI technology...

At the risk of being an idiot

April 23, 2018
Time for the Science lite desk to admit, as much as it might pain us, that we are idiots.We do idiotic things. Many idiotic things. In fact we have lost...

Bone printing collaboration

April 23, 2018
A manufacturer of structural zirconia ceramics, has entered into a research project with a Portuguese university to produce synthetic bone material for orthopaedic implants.The Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT...

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