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Greener ammonia eliminates hydrogen and metal catalyst

January 17, 2019
News
A new process of creating ammonia from nitrogen and water eliminates the use of hydrogen or solid metal catalysts.The low temperature, low pressure electrolytic process developed at Ohio's Case Western...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy
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Graphene centre

January 16, 2019
News
A £60 million graphene research centre has been opened at the University of Manchester following funding from UK Research and Innovation. The Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) will engage with...
Materials
Materials Science
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Day 1 of Lab Innovations

January 15, 2019
News
At the recent Lab Innovations show, we were delighted to curate a 2-day seminar programme. The Insights & Innovation theatre delivered short, punchy presentations around science, the challenges we face...
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Atomic precision qubits in a silicon crystal

January 15, 2019
News
Quantum scientists in Australia have demonstrated the world’s first 3D atomic-scale quantum chip architecture.UNSW researchers showed the feasibility of their 3D chip architecture unveiled in 2015. This uses single-atom quantum...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Porous material changes structure like a protein

January 15, 2019
News
A newly developed synthesised material can change its structure to carry out specific chemical processes, much like a protein.Using a combination of experimental and computational techniques, University of Liverpool researchers...
Life Sciences
Proteomics & Genomics
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£24m from NERC

January 11, 2019
News
Around £24 million in funding has been allocated under the fourth round of National Environment Research Council highlight topics. The funding will be split between 14 research projects covering climate...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Cobra Biologics receives £1.5 million for AAV manufacturing

January 10, 2019
News
Cobra Biologics, Pall, and Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult have received £1.5 million from Innovate UK to investigate continuous manufacturing of adeno-associated virus for gene therapies.Pall Corporation, a supplier of...
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European wheat unprepared for climate change

January 10, 2019
News
Current breeding programmes and cultivar selection practices of European wheat crops are unprepared for increasingly variable weather conditions, according to new research.Based on thousands of observations of wheat cultivars in...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Swirling bacterium

January 9, 2019
News
Individual bacteria and biofilms can generate currents strong enough to draw distant nutrients, according to a Stanford University team. As a single bacterium swims forward, it creates a tiny current...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Melting ice sheets pump out methane

January 9, 2019
News
The emission of tons of methane from the Greenland Ice Sheet is evidence of a widespread subglacial microbial system, according to an international research team.Using novel sensors, researchers led by...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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3D-printed biosensors for diabetes patients

January 4, 2019
News
3D-printed biosensors in wearable monitors have picked up glucose signals more effectively than traditionally produced electrodes.  Researchers at Washington State University’s faculty in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering used...
Life Sciences
Biotechnology
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Brain pacemaker controls optogenetics

January 3, 2019
News
A miniature wireless implant could allow more efficient optogenetics in the human brain, according to a University of Arizona study.The “brain pacemaker” is implanted under the scalp by way of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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