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Astronomers confirm Farfarout is our most distant object

February 15, 2021
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Farfarout... is a faint little rock only 400km across. Farther out than Farout - in fact, far enough out to take a millenium to orbit the Sun - Farfarout is...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics
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Scent detection dogs can smell COVID-19

February 12, 2021
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A promising approach using cleverly trained pooches might bring big, public events back into play! A research review has suggested scent detection dogs might well be able to successsfully screen...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Virology
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Robotic system outSTRIPs all previous COVID testing systems

February 9, 2021
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A live laboratory setup in the Netherlands demonstrates that five robots could accurately process and track 100,000 SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests a day, relieving the burden on overloaded laboratory personnel and...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology
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NHS staff targeted by nearly 140,000 malicious emails last year

February 8, 2021
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I suspect we can all testify to a rise in confusing calls claiming our National Insurance is about to implode if we dont' send money immediately, terrifyingly targeted fraudulant messages...
Life Sciences
Covid-19, Health, Medical/Health
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Droplet formation at the nanoscale

February 4, 2021
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It is surprising to find such everyday physics in the nanoscale world of molecular biology, but when researchers observed how droplets of TPX2 formed on rod-like filaments called microtubules they...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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Cell shape influences antibiotic resistance

February 3, 2021
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A broad, curvy shape has a lower surface-to-volume ratio and is less susceptible to surface invasion. So, being wide and curvatious helps bacteria survive antibiotics, continue to grow, and adapt...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Virology
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Robotic exoskeleton training expands options for stroke rehabilitation

February 2, 2021
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It must be hard enough to recover from an acute stroke, but many find the physical taxation of rehabilitation exercises incredibly challenging. Retraining the brain to drive the complex processes...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Developmental Biology, Health, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Physiology
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Meet the baby tyrannosaurs – dog-sized and looking just like mum and dad

January 29, 2021
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Imagine mini tyrannosaurs running around your legs like collie dogs! They may have grown to 40 feet as adults, but baby tyrannosaurs looked like their parents when they first hatched...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Paleobiology, Zoology
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Closed-loop chemical recycling of common petrochemical realised

January 28, 2021
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Imagine plastics and rubber that can be chemically unzipped back to reusable monomers for recycling. In the way of all the most exciting advances, this process of depolymerisation - a...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
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Antiviral coating kills viruses and bacteria for product lifetime

January 26, 2021
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Can you imagine a world where you wouldn't have to worry about disease transmission from surfaces such as door handles, keyboards, bank notes, and even doctor's gowns and facemasks? Matt...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Covid-19, Engineering, Health, Immunology, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Virology
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Developing multi-functional catalysts with light switches

January 25, 2021
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Researchers were able to observe the atomic-scale features of a catalyst using an environmental transmission electron microscope, enabling them to manipulate and optimise catalytic reactions using light. This technique could...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Not just a droplet: Explaining one dimensional quantum liquid formation

January 22, 2021
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A new type of quantum droplet - the most dilute liquids ever experimentally observed - helps unravel the mechanism leading to the formation of one dimensional self-bound quantum liquids in...
Physics & Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics, Particle Physics, Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
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