Bones from beer residue
June 25, 2014
Waste from beer brewing could be recycled for use in an unexpected application – as a biomaterial for bone regeneration. Researchers in Spain have developed a biocompatible material which can...
Onion-like vesicle for drug delivery
June 24, 2014
A drug delivery vesicle akin to an onion has been developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The team have discovered that a certain kind of dendrimer – a...
Caging water to study spin
June 23, 2014
A pioneering method of caging and cooling water molecules to study its nuclear spin conversion could enhance the diagnostic power of MRI scans. By trapping water molecules in spheres of...
Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance
June 23, 2014
A breakthrough in the race to solve antibiotic resistance has been made by a team from the University of East Anglia and Diamond Light Source. The powerful beams of light...
US researchers exposed to live anthrax
June 20, 2014
Failure to adhere to proper procedure means as many as 75 scientists in America may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Research Councils adopt new reporting platform
June 20, 2014
The seven UK Research Councils have announced they are to begin using a uniform digital platform for collecting outputs from research they support. ResearchFish will allow the funding bodies –...
Four new genes confirmed to increase familial breast cancer risk
June 20, 2014
Four new genes have been added to those already known to increase the risk of familial breast cancer. Although BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most well-known inherited breast cancer genes,...
Statins of questionable value
June 19, 2014
Drugs designed to lower the levels of “bad cholesterol” in the blood could condemn middle-aged adults to a lifetime of popping pills of questionable value say a group of leading...
Chemical sensor on a chip
June 19, 2014
Infrared laser beams are ideal for analysing liquids and gases, and scientists in Vienna have miniaturised the technique to develop a new type of sensor. The method sees a quantum...
Liquid biopsy to track lung cancer
June 18, 2014
A liquid biopsy using a patient’s blood sample could offer a new way to track lung cancer say researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute. Their method offers a means...
Origami on the microscopic
June 18, 2014
Dutch researchers have taken the ancient art of origami down to the microscopic level, folding flat sheets of silicon nitride into cube, pyramids, bowls and long triangular structures with only...
Travel Fellowships for science communicators
June 17, 2014
To mark its 50th anniversary in 2015, the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust is to invest £1.2m in British citizens by awarding a record number of Travelling Fellowships. In particular, the...
