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Recycled graphene from tyres can make more environmentally friendly concrete

April 8, 2021
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This could be where the rubber truly hits the road. Rice University scientists have optimised a process to convert waste from rubber tyres into graphene that can, in turn, be...
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Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science
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Advancing our understanding of life’s design rules: seven genes tame simple synthetic cell division

April 6, 2021
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Recent results in cellular engineering bring us one step closer to understanding the fundamental design rules that govern life. Building on the construction of the first synthetic cell in 2010,...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Research points to a green energy system sooner than we’d hoped!

April 1, 2021
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Research shows solar photovoltaics are already cheaper, more innovative, and more integrated into the world's energy systems than previously expected. Additionally, system developments already in the pipeline will enhance this...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Physics, Policy, Solid State Physics
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Meta analysis confirms comorbidity increases risk for COVID patients

March 31, 2021
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New research shows how comorbidities increase risks for COVID patients following a review of more than fifty studies involving over 100,000 patients. Comorbidities such as heart disease, respiratory disease, renal...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Virology
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Jordan’s water crisis should be a warning for the world

March 31, 2021
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It is very easy to take tap water for granted. But sobering predictions of recent research around Jordan's water supply, where climate change, population growth, intensifying water use, demographic shocks...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Geology, Geophysics, Oceanography, Policy
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Industrialisation of fundamental physics research advances light source and sensor technologies

March 29, 2021
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Collaboration between specialist academic research and industrial expert engineers is proving key to the accelerated transfer of research knowledge from lab to market and the advancement of real world light...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Physics, Solid State Physics
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CERN results may violate the standard model of particle physics

March 23, 2021
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New results from CERN's Large Hadron Collider, beauty (LHCb) strengthen hints of a violation of lepton flavour universality and suggest the existence of a new fundamental particle or interaction. Comparisons...
Physics & Engineering
Energy, Particle Physics, Physics
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Positive ‘tipping points’ offer hope for climate

March 22, 2021
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Climate change mitigation is forever a balancing act. Environmental experts are beginning to unveil positive 'tipping points' that could spark cascading changes that accelerate action on climate change. A tipping...
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Machine learning plus vital signs provides objective patient pain levels

March 18, 2021
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Describing pain from zero to ten is currently as good as it gets on the hospital floor when it comes to understanding a patient's pain levels and is very subjective....
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Computer Science, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Physiology
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Team ice’ uncover crucial information to aid the development of new more active cryoprotectants

March 17, 2021
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Researchers uncover new understanding around the interactions between synthetic polymers and ice formation, underpinning new understanding around the fundamental principles of ice re-crystallisation. This crucial piece to the puzzle was...
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Tracking mosquito flight patterns in 3D using digital holography and mathematics

March 12, 2021
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Researchers have been asked to use large field-of-view digital holography to accurately apply 3D tracking to mosquito flight. By capturing the diffraction pattern of mosquitoes in a telecentric volume, the...
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Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Environment, Environmental, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Zoology
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The chronicles of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance continued – the first test drives

March 12, 2021
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During it's first week on the planet's surface, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and its Earthbound team has been carefully test driving all onboard systems. This culminated in a more...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, Physics
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