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Elastic to kinetic energy conversion through biomimicry

September 4, 2020
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Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too - they discovered a way of efficiently converting...
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Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights

September 4, 2020
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Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specialised precursors of muscle cells, researchers have developed a novel 'disease-in-a-dish' model to study...
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Ensuring ‘fair and equitable’ distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

September 4, 2020
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When effective COVID-19 vaccines are developed, their supply will inevitably be scarce. The World Health Organization (WHO), global leaders, and vaccine producers are already facing the question of how to...
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Submit your COVID-19 data to the global vaccine effort

September 4, 2020
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More than 73,000 users collaborate on a new online platform set up by the European Open Science Cloud Initiative, where scientists share COVID-19 data and accelerate our understanding of the...
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First rapid breath test for Coronavirus trialled

September 4, 2020
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Canterbury-based technology firm ANCON Medical (‘Ancon’) announces the trial of its Nanotechnology Biomarker Tagging (NBT) system, to provide a breath test to diagnose Coronavirus in 10 -15 minutes. The system,...
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New Leicestershire-based COVID-19 testing ‘Lighthouse Lab’

September 4, 2020
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A new ‘Lighthouse Lab’ facility will be established in Leicestershire to increase the UK’s COVID-19 testing capacity, in an investment creating 400 jobs.
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Coronavirus ‘trap and zap’ technology

August 24, 2020
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Rice University researchers plan to reconfigure their 'trap and zap' wastewater-treatment technology to capture and deactivate the virus that causes COVID-19. Image: A schematic of the SARS-CoV-2 viral particle, which...
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Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection

August 24, 2020
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With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air-filter that self-sterilises and decontaminates is being developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel...
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Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank

August 18, 2020
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Today, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announce the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply network, creating one of the largest virtual biobanks worldwide accessible to life science innovators.
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Coronaviruses amplified along wildlife supply chain

August 17, 2020
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Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents in Viet Nam from 2013 to 2014, with an increasing proportion of positive samples found along the wildlife supply...
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Improved cybernetics hardware – human interfacing

August 17, 2020
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Although true 'cyborgs' -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science fiction, researchers are taking steps toward integrating electronics with the body. Such devices could monitor for tumour development...
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New international carbon dating standard

August 13, 2020
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Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects.
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