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Dementia cases ‘set to almost triple by 2050’

January 12, 2022
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Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, affecting around 57 million people worldwide in 2019. Due to population growth, ageing and lifestyle factors, the number of adults living...
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Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics
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Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?

January 10, 2022
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While the global shift towards virtual events has clearly reduced the carbon footprint, it also raises questions regarding accessibility. Specifically, can virtual events overcome barriers of diversity and inclusion in...
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Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring

January 10, 2022
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DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two research teams have independently demonstrated that airborne eDNA can be used to monitor a range of...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Paleobiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Soil Science, Zoology
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Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds

January 6, 2022
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Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have influenced the field of palaeontology and significantly skewed accessible fossil records. The first step towards conducting...
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Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics, Paleobiology, Policy, Zoology
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Low-cost, ultra-sensitive gravimeter for early detection of volcanic activity uses MEMS technology

December 10, 2021
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A new device being developed by University of Glasgow in collaboration with a leading product design house can detect subtle changes in local gravity and provide an early warning device...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Geology, Health & Safety, Tectonics, Volcanology
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2022 predictions on the advances in life sciences innovation

December 9, 2021
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Innovation experts recently hired specifically to study emerging tech and drive collaboration predict a focus on the fight against antimicrobial resistance and a surge in quantum computing research for 2022....
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physics, Policy, Quantum Physics
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Forensic technology used to deliver justice in 38-year-old murder case

December 9, 2021
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A unique fingerprint visualisation system has been making news in the US this week after being used by cold-case detectives in Delray Beach, Florida, to solve a 38-year-old murder case....
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Bioinformatics, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Forensics, Health & Safety, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Molecular Biology
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Nibbling prehistoric herbivore sheds new light on Triassic diversity

December 3, 2021
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A Triassic herbivore, known for its supposed similarities to a modern-day ostrich, has been revealed to have entirely different approach to feeding from previously thought, according to research at the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Paleobiology
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Balloon-driven hybrid mobile communications network launched in Zanzibar

December 2, 2021
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A unique balloon-driven hybrid mobile network is being launched in Zanzibar. Expected to deliver full consumer retail and Internet of Things (IOT) coverage across Zanzibar within 24 months, the innovative...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Policy
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Renewable energy’s hybrid fuel blue hydrogen can help protect the climate

December 2, 2021
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Blue hydrogen - a renewable fuel hybrid technology - can play a positive role in the energy transition – under certain conditions concludes an international group of researchers. Blue hydrogen...
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Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
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CERN environmental report sets out concrete actions to reduce its environmental footprint

November 25, 2021
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CERN released its second public Environment Report covering the years 2019-2020 when the accelerator complex was in its second long shutdown. To ensure transparency and to demonstrate its leadership in...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics, Environment, Particle Physics, Physics, Policy, Quantum Physics, Solid State Physics, Theoretical Physics
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World’s leading academic journals join pledge to fight bias in publishing

November 25, 2021
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Global giants Springer Nature, De Gruyter and Taylor & Francis join Wiley, Elsevier and SAGE Publishing to sign up to the Royal Society of Chemistry’s commitment for equality in publishing....
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Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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