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Antimicrobial microrobots remove biofilms

May 3, 2019
News
Magnetic microrobots could offer an alternative to antibacterial drugs as a way of destroying biofilms on hard-to-reach surfaces of the tooth. Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania partnered with dentists...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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First US based human trial of CRISPR

May 1, 2019
News
The University of Pennsylvania has announced it has started the first formal US human trial using the technique. Two patients, one with multiple myeloma and one with sarcoma, both of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Proteomics & Genomics
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Colourful egg for seabird recognition

April 19, 2019
News
The colourful appearance of the common murre egg is due to a genetic ability of the mother to manipulate pigments.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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£20M dementia care tech centre

April 18, 2019
News
A new centre at Imperial College London will develop technologies to support people with dementia and provide research into how dementia develops. The £20 million Care Research & Technology Centre...
Life Sciences
Medical Diagnostics
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Internet of Thoughts

April 16, 2019
News
Neuroscientists say an Internet of Thoughts network that connects neurons and synapses in the brain to cloud-computing networks could be a possibility within decades.A collaboration between researchers from UC Berkeley...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Neuroscience
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Oil-degrading bacterium

April 15, 2019
News
Hydrocarbon-eating bacteria found in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans could help clean up made-made oil spills.Scientists from the University of East Anglia, China and Russia undertook analysis of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Cthulhu’ fossil suggests monstrous sea cucumber precursor

April 11, 2019
News
A newly discovered fossil has given insights into a monstrous relative of the sea cucumber. University of Oxford researchers created a computer-generated reconstruction of the 430 million year-old, 3cm-wide fossil...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

April 9, 2019
News
Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis.The organism, which has been informally named corallicolid, is found in 70% of corals globally....
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Energy, Microbiology
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NASA details ISS microbes

April 8, 2019
News
A comprehensive study of bacteria and fungi found on surfaces on the International Space Station could help prepare for longer space travel. Using molecular and culture-based methods to study ISS...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Mutation found in drug-resistant fungus

April 4, 2019
News
A newly identified genetic mutation in a drug resistant fungus may help in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.Researchers from the US and the UK found a novel form of resistance...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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