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Online airborne fluid modelling tool may help laboratories implement effective COVID health and safety precautions

April 14, 2021
News
A new research project aims to develop an online tool to predict the spread of airborne fluid droplets across internal spaces - such as laboratories. The tool should help laboratory...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Virology
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Articulating the earliest true opposed thumb in Earth’s history; Monkeydactyl

April 13, 2021
News
The application of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) scanning has enabled digital modelling and articulation of a fossil that has provided the evidence needed to record the first discovery of a pterosaur...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Zoology
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Making music with spiders webs and talking arachnid: discover more at ACS Spring 2021

April 12, 2021
News
Imagine being able to talk to spiders in their own language! Scientists report that they have translated the structure of a web into music, which could help them communicate to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Botany, Environment, Zoology
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Expansion microscopy: Imaging biological samples at nanoscale using an ordinary light microscope

April 9, 2021
News
Using an ordinary light microscope, MIT engineers have devised a technique for imaging biological samples with accuracy at the scale of 10 nanometers -- which should enable them to image...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Parasitology, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology
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Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic: calls for an Advanced Information System

April 7, 2021
Insight
An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, a University of Virginia School of Medicine professor, is warning that scientists must better prepare for the next pandemic - and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Advancing our understanding of life’s design rules: seven genes tame simple synthetic cell division

April 6, 2021
News
Recent results in cellular engineering bring us one step closer to understanding the fundamental design rules that govern life. Building on the construction of the first synthetic cell in 2010,...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Meta analysis confirms comorbidity increases risk for COVID patients

March 31, 2021
News
New research shows how comorbidities increase risks for COVID patients following a review of more than fifty studies involving over 100,000 patients. Comorbidities such as heart disease, respiratory disease, renal...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Virology
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Ensuring quality through accreditation in our Lighthouse Labs: IBMS response to BBC Panorama

March 31, 2021
Insight
Following the BBC Panorama’s undercover investigation into a COVID-19 lighthouse laboratory, the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) reiterates the need for more HCPC registered staff and UKAS accreditation in these...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Haematology, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharmacology, Policy, Virology
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Bioluminescence: a life study of ocean light

March 30, 2021
Insight
Bioluminescence is visually magical and has inspired many scientists to dive deep to discover its secrets. As a result of this research, some fantastic research tools have been developed that...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Environment, Food & Bev, Genetics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical, Proteomics & Genomics, Zoology
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Don’t Panic! You have not been infected with SARS-CoV-2: Understanding COVID vaccine side-effects

March 29, 2021
Insight
COVID-19 vaccines are not capable of infecting anyone with SARS-CoV-2. Although a fraction of people experience side effects after receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations, these effects do not mean you have...
Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Virology
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