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Robotic system outSTRIPs all previous COVID testing systems

February 9, 2021
News
A live laboratory setup in the Netherlands demonstrates that five robots could accurately process and track 100,000 SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests a day, relieving the burden on overloaded laboratory personnel and...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology
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NHS staff targeted by nearly 140,000 malicious emails last year

February 8, 2021
News
I suspect we can all testify to a rise in confusing calls claiming our National Insurance is about to implode if we dont' send money immediately, terrifyingly targeted fraudulant messages...
Life Sciences
Covid-19, Health, Medical/Health
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Droplet formation at the nanoscale

February 4, 2021
News
It is surprising to find such everyday physics in the nanoscale world of molecular biology, but when researchers observed how droplets of TPX2 formed on rod-like filaments called microtubules they...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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Cell shape influences antibiotic resistance

February 3, 2021
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A broad, curvy shape has a lower surface-to-volume ratio and is less susceptible to surface invasion. So, being wide and curvatious helps bacteria survive antibiotics, continue to grow, and adapt...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Virology
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Robotic exoskeleton training expands options for stroke rehabilitation

February 2, 2021
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It must be hard enough to recover from an acute stroke, but many find the physical taxation of rehabilitation exercises incredibly challenging. Retraining the brain to drive the complex processes...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Developmental Biology, Health, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Physiology
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Meet the baby tyrannosaurs – dog-sized and looking just like mum and dad

January 29, 2021
News
Imagine mini tyrannosaurs running around your legs like collie dogs! They may have grown to 40 feet as adults, but baby tyrannosaurs looked like their parents when they first hatched...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Paleobiology, Zoology
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Antiviral coating kills viruses and bacteria for product lifetime

January 26, 2021
News
Can you imagine a world where you wouldn't have to worry about disease transmission from surfaces such as door handles, keyboards, bank notes, and even doctor's gowns and facemasks? Matt...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Covid-19, Engineering, Health, Immunology, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Virology
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Developing multi-functional catalysts with light switches

January 25, 2021
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Researchers were able to observe the atomic-scale features of a catalyst using an environmental transmission electron microscope, enabling them to manipulate and optimise catalytic reactions using light. This technique could...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Why cells don’t get stuck – generalised cell migration and motility modelled mathematically

January 22, 2021
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Cell movement has now been mathematically modelled by an interdisciplinary team of theoretical and experimental physicists. Understanding this fundamental process will allow scientists to predict cell behaviours and improve targeted...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology
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Roll over Indiana Jones – the modern archeologist comes armed with technology

January 21, 2021
News
Looking into the past never looked so futuristic as it does today, and the Indiana Jones-style stereotype - with his muck-ridden, dirt digging, tomb raiding archeology - must make way...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental
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