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Predicting trends in clinical motion tracking technologies

November 18, 2020
Read an expert vision of the future where clinicians have been wooed by motion tracking wearables to collect inertial data, into further investment in more complex artificial intelligence (AI) and...

Cambridge bioscience partnership seeks rising stars in AI

November 17, 2020
Calling all bright young things as a multi-disciplined partnership of globally reknowned academic and industry institutions seeks five of the best individual minds to bridge the skills gap between autonomy...

Graphene researchers throw physics out the window

November 16, 2020
A Manchester University graphene research team has just thrown the physics textbook out of the proverbial window. Fundamental physics teaches us that the trajectory of an electron will bend under...

A step towards an environmentally friendly Lithium ion battery

November 13, 2020
We all love the idea of an electric car and Elon Musk's Tesla is almost accessible to even a poorly paid scientist... well... almost. However, some of us have remained...

Nine-point expert consensus plan to improve NHS

November 11, 2020
A consensus panel of health experts has recommended a nine-point improvement plan that recommends the NHS vary drug prices for different conditions to widen NHS access to innovative treatments. Recommendations...

Keeping our elders healthy during COVID-19 lockdown

November 10, 2020
UK public health agencies call for a National Covid-19 Resilience Programme to keep older people healthy and resilient. Increased risks of Covid-19 hospitalisation, disease severity and death are associated with...

Self-watering soil could transform farming

November 9, 2020
They say water is set to become more valuable than oil, with water scarcity becoming one of the most pressing challenges for many nations across the globe. For centuries, humanity...

Food fraud in China opens the market to EU products

November 9, 2020
There is wide distrust among the general public within China regarding food and safety throughout the national production chain following several serious incidents over the past few years. Could this...

Seven ‘disease forms’ identified in mild COVID-19

November 6, 2020
Research suggests accute COVID-19 infection leaves behind both potentially harmful and beneficial imprints in the cellurlar immune system of patients - a bit like a fingerprint. This defense system and...

Malaria test as simple as a bandage

November 5, 2020
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That's the idea behind a platform developed by Rice University engineers who introduced a microneedle patch for rapid...

Do octopuses’ arms have a mind of their own?

November 4, 2020
Often described as aliens, octopuses are one of most unusual creatures on the planet, with three hearts, eight limbs and a keen intelligence. They can open jars, solve puzzles and...

COVID-19 deaths in under-65s offer better insights into infection rates

November 4, 2020
Has the high death rate among elderly populations skewed disease transmission data? Researchers from the University of Cambridge believe so. As a result, they think it would be more accurate...

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