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New treatment to combat antibiotic resistance

November 8, 2016
Researchers have discovered antimicrobial peptides that can kill bacteria resistant to existing antibiotics.

Spectral emission explains galactic evolution

November 7, 2016
Astronomers have measured the intensity of oxygen emission lines over the history of the universe to better understand how galaxies form.

First UK gravitational wave Institute opens

November 4, 2016
The University of Birmingham is to open an Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, the first of its kind in the UK.

New compound enables potential early Alzheimer’s diagnosis

November 3, 2016
Researchers in St Louis, USA, have created a new substance able to detect Alzheimer’s earlier than is possible with current technology.

Telescope trio capture solar wind collisions

November 1, 2016
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have taken the highest quality images of Eta Carinae’s stellar winds colliding, an event that which will aid learning of star evolution and death.

Epigenetics enabling fish survival

October 31, 2016
A number of fish species are adapting to survive warmer oceans without genetic changes, according to researchers from the University of East Anglia.

Achilles Therapeutics launched to develop immunotherapies for cancer

October 28, 2016
A new spin out from UCL will design therapies to target truncal tumour neo-antigens – unique markers to the immune system present on the surface of every cancer cell.

Fluorescence imaging technique created

October 27, 2016
Microscopy experts have designed and built a fluorescence-detection microscope that combines 3-D and high resolution image processing, with potential uses for biomedical research.

Quantum LED heralds computing advance

October 26, 2016
Ultra-thin quantum LEDs have been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge that can produce single photons – making them important in building quantum network on compact chips.

Martian water loss documented

October 25, 2016
The amount of hydrogen – and therefore water - ejected from Mars is dependent on the proximity of the Red Planet to the Sun as it orbits, scientists have discovered.

Hub for future nuclear technology opens

October 24, 2016
A new research hub for nuclear energy research has opened at the University of Bristol.

Accidental greenhouse gas to fuel process discovered

October 21, 2016
Scientists have accidentally discovered a way to convert carbon dioxide solution to ethanol.

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