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A world’s first in proton beam research

February 4, 2021
Apologies for the newsletter misdirect if you were looking for Biophilic building for human resilience and pandemic prevention please click here otherwise do read on... Just before the first lockdown,...

Droplet formation at the nanoscale

February 4, 2021
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...

Cell shape influences antibiotic resistance

February 3, 2021
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...

Robotic exoskeleton training expands options for stroke rehabilitation

February 2, 2021
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...

Bright future for multitasking CRISPR as it tackles complex diseases and COVID

January 29, 2021
In these pseudo-dystopian days of unprecedented pandemic. white-coated men and women in labs all over the world are the shock troops in a relentless campaign against the unseen enemy. Here...

Meet the baby tyrannosaurs – dog-sized and looking just like mum and dad

January 29, 2021
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...

How Are Mobile Apps Improving Diagnosis?

January 28, 2021
People frequently use mobile apps in their personal and work lives, letting those applications give them information ranging from budgeting assistance to baking tips. Could a mobile health app diagnose...

Antibiotic resistance may spread even more easily than expected

January 27, 2021
Pathogenic bacteria in humans are developing resistance to antibiotics much faster than expected. Now, Jan Zrimec, a researcher at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has used computational research to show...

Love life, love remote working: applying biophilic principles to your home office

January 27, 2021
Derived in 1964 by the social psychologist Erich Fromm, 'biophilia' means to love life. Here, architect Robert Hopkins, follows up on his article in our January issue that looks at...

Antiviral coating kills viruses and bacteria for product lifetime

January 26, 2021
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...

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