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A new method can be used to analyse both fingerprints and small particles from the same surface avoiding evidence damage. Scientists at U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory used real...

Drop in the Horizon 2020 grant success

April 24, 2015

The EU Research and Innovation programme – Horizon 2020 – have announced that the average grant success rates are much lower than expected. The average success rate in the first...

Unexpected insects leave clues for entomologists

April 22, 2015

Entomologists have discovered insects – normally not associated with human corpses – can provide clues from dead bodies. A research team at Sam Houston State University studied four unseen insect–cadaver...

Vote for science policies

April 20, 2015

Ahead of the General Election, science spokespeople from the six major political parties in the UK have provided interviews about their future policies. The British Science Association (BSA) conducted series...

Policy

Industrial biotech gains £20 million

April 20, 2015

The winners of an innovative UK biotechnology competition will share £20 million for the development of 23 projects ranging from making biofuel from household waste to using bacteria to for...

The oldest unevolved organism

April 20, 2015

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Scientists have discovered a deep-sea microorganism that shows no evidence of evolution in the last 2 billion years. A research team at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)...

Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Paleobiology

Funding for chemical toxicity tool which enhances 3Rs

April 17, 2015

The ChemInteract consortium has been awarded funding to develop an innovative tool for assessing the potentially harmful effects of chemicals that are used in the environment and in consumer products....

Podiatry experts hit high demand

April 17, 2015

The demand for forensic podiatry expertise has increased significantly since the 1990s. The University of Huddersfield’s Professor Wesley Vernon – one of the world’s leading forensic podiatrists – is now...

Double dome points to largest asteroid impact

April 16, 2015

Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Geophysics

The world’s largest asteroid impact zone – invisible at the earth’s surface – has been found in central Australia. By studying drill cores, geophysicists at the Australian National University (ANU)...

Earth & Environmental

Mini-lungs to help the study of cystic fibrosis

April 14, 2015

Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology

By using stem cells, scientists have created what they refer to as mini-lungs to aid cystic fibrosis studies. Scientists at the University of Cambridge used stem cells derived from the...

Life Sciences

£2 million for genome analysis development

April 13, 2015

An Oxford base genome analytics company – Genomics Limited – has been awarded £2 million after winning a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition. The competition – Enabling Technologies for...

A peak below the surface…

April 13, 2015

Scientists have designed a technique for recovering destroyed serial numbers on metal objects. A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Colorado used a scanning electron...