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Harnessing AI to predict cancer evolution

October 10, 2018
News
A team from The Institute of Cancer Research have used artificial intelligence to predict how cancers will progress and evolve.The new technique, called REVOLVER (Repeated evolution of cancer), picks out...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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Chemical safety project advances

October 9, 2018
News
An alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences has announcing a number of advances its Chemical Safety Library Service.The project, run by the Pistoia Alliance, captures,...
Chemistry
Chemistry
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A light touch

September 28, 2018
News
Researchers at the European Graphene Flagship have designed a molecule that can reversibly undergo chemical transformations when illuminated with light. This molecule – a photoswitchable spiropyran– can be anchored to...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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Laser chaos

September 27, 2018
News
To tame chaos in powerful semiconductor lasers, which causes instabilities, scientists have introduced quantum chaos. High-powered semiconductor lasers are used in materials processing, biomedical imaging and industrial research, but the...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Circadian mood link

September 26, 2018
News
In the largest genetic study of circadian rest-activity cycles in humans, scientists at the University of Glasgow have identified a possible genetic link between circadian disruption and mood disorders. The...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Anti-bac polymers created with light

September 24, 2018
News
Hundreds of polymers – which could kill drug-resistant superbugs in novel ways – can be produced and tested using light according to a team from the University of Warwick.Researchers from...
Chemistry
Chemistry
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Link between brain trauma and degenerative brain disease revealed

September 21, 2018
News
A new study suggests that just a single traumatic brain injury can generate an abnormal form of the dementia associated protein tau.Published in the journal Brain, the study from the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Increasing the efficiency of Cas9

September 20, 2018
News
Nucleic acid specialists Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) have collaborated with Stanford University to describe a novel Cas9 mutant that shows improved specificity and maintains high activity.In a study published in...
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Model for peripheral nerve disease developed in worm

September 19, 2018
News
A team from the US have discovered that the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, develops similar nerve damage to human patients in a new model of a peripheral nervous system disease.Studying transthyretin...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Science weighs in on mystery surrounding catastrophic volcanic eruption

September 18, 2018
News
One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, which is said to have contributed to the downfall of the ancient Minoan civilisation, may have happened later than previously thought,...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
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Buy-out sets sights on glucose responsive insulin

September 17, 2018
News
Diabetes specialists Novo Nordisk have acquired Ziylo, a University of Bristol spin-out company.Based at Unit DX science incubator in Bristol, Ziylo has been pioneering the use of its platform technology...
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Gene signatures help kidney transplant success

September 14, 2018
News
Scientists have discovered a molecular signature for the allostatic load _– or ‘wear and tear’ – of kidneys which could help clinicians understand why some kidney transplants don’t work as...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Physiology
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