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Wales to gain equitable access to advanced therapies

July 29, 2020
Advanced Therapies Wales (ATW) programme has been established to harness the benefits from emerging and transformative therapies for the people of Wales and is pleased to announce its official launch...

Affordable carbon-loving materials for reduced industrial emissions

July 28, 2020
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical technology options for reducing industrial carbon...

Graphene pizza: It is all about the toppings

July 28, 2020
Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms. Exceptional electronic, thermal, mechanical and optical properties have made graphene one of the most studied materials at the moment. For many...

Characterising acrylic polymers with Thermal Field-Flow Fractionation coupled to Multi Angle Light Scattering

July 27, 2020
A new application report from Postnova Analytics demonstrates how Thermal Field-Flow Fractionation coupled to Multi Angle Light Scattering (TF3-MALS-RI) can be used to characterise different polyacrylate formulations.

UK vaccine capability enjoys a >£100M cash boost

July 24, 2020
The UK is at the forefront of international efforts to research and develop a COVID-19 vaccine and has provided £131 million funding to University of Oxford and Imperial College London...

UK-based in-depth study of early COVID-19 detection

July 24, 2020
UK digital health and therapeutics company Huma is teaming up with the renowned Fenland Study research team at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge to begin...

Study delivers animal replacement method for vaccine testing

July 23, 2020
Dutch, Bilthoven based, Intravacc, a global leader intranslational research and development of viral and bacterial vaccines, today announced the publication of a study in Scientific Reports on alternatives to the...

First US-statewide COVID-19 random sample study findings published

July 23, 2020
The results of the first statewide random sample study in the United States to measure the spread of COVID-19 indicated a general population prevalence of about 2.8 percent in Indiana....

Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus

July 23, 2020
Airborne and potentially deadly, the virus that causes COVID-19 can only be studied safely under high-level biosafety conditions. Scientists handling the infectious virus must wear full-body biohazard suits with pressurised...

Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

July 22, 2020
The rod-like spike proteins on the surface of SARS CoV-2 are the tip of the spear of the COVID-19 pandemic. The spikes bind to human cells via the ACE2 receptor...

Manchester expert launches COVID-19 global task force

July 17, 2020
A world-leading materials expert from The University of Manchester is helping to launch a new global task force to drive innovation in digital health to combat pandemics like COVID-19 -...

Machine learning helps grow artificial organs

July 17, 2020
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Ivannikov Institute for System Programming, and the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Schepens Eye Research Institute have developed a neural network capable of...

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