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Micropollutant capture receives EC grant

March 13, 2018
News
Biomaterial company, CustoMem, has received a European grant for its novel material – designed to capture micro-pollutants from wastewater.The award of £1.24m will enable the company to bring its granular...
Materials
Materials Science
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Taking out allergens with cold plasma

March 12, 2018
News
Researchers at the University of Liverpool are developing a device that uses cold plasma technology to tackle the problem of airborne allergens in the home.Cold – or nonthermal – plasma...
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Heroin vaccine close to human trials

March 9, 2018
News
Scientists from the US say they have achieved a major milestone toward designing a safe vaccine to both treat heroin addiction and block lethal overdose of the drug.Their research, published...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Race to study mysterious marine ecosystem

March 8, 2018
News
A team of scientists, led by the British Antarctic Survey is bound for Antarctica to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Investment for world’s first portable fingerprint drug test

March 7, 2018
News
UK-based Intelligent Fingerprinting, developers of the world’s first portable fingerprint drug test, have secured £1.7 million of funding from a group of private US and UK investors.The investment will help...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Forensics
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Deep-brain light penetration goes wireless

March 6, 2018
News
A team from a Japanese research institute have found a way to penetrate deep brain structures with light – an important step for the development of optogenetics.Thomas McHugh, research group...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Small particles lead to big storms

February 19, 2018
News
Even the tiniest of particles from human emissions can fuel powerful storms and influence weather and crops much more than previously thought, according to new research.The study, published in Science,...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Bacteria used to block dengue and Zika

February 15, 2018
News
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika virus transmission from mosquitoes. The team show that a novel strain of the inherited bacteria...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Virology, Zoology
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Brain differences associated with epilepsy

February 14, 2018
News
Epilepsy is associated with thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research.The largest-ever neuroimaging study of people with epilepsy, led by UCL...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Funding to target G-proteins

February 13, 2018
News
Domainex, a privately-owned drug discovery services company, has been awarded funding to develop a new biophysical screening method for G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs).The company will receive £118,000 from the UK’s...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Consider yourself mathematically modelled

February 12, 2018
News
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have mathematically modelled the very act of ‘innovation’.The study, published in Physical Review Letters, introduces a new mathematical framework that correctly reproduces the...
Physics & Engineering
Computer Science
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UK company awarded for diagnostic breathalyzer

February 12, 2018
News
A UK diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, has won a global award for its Breath Biopsy platform.As one of the three winners of the global Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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