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Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus

July 23, 2020
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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...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Virology
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Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

July 22, 2020
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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...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health
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Manchester expert launches COVID-19 global task force

July 17, 2020
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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 -...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Engineering, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Machine learning helps grow artificial organs

July 17, 2020
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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...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Health, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Scaling up the quantum chip

July 16, 2020
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MIT researchers have developed a process to manufacture and integrate ‘artificial atoms’, created by atomic-scale defects in microscopically thin slices of diamond, with photonic circuitry, producing the largest quantum chip...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought

July 16, 2020
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Massive blocks of genes--inherited together 'plug and play' style--may play a larger role in evolutionary adaption than previously thought, according to new research in Nature. Biologists identified 37 of these...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics
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Serving virtual reality Raspberry Pi to flies

July 15, 2020
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The Raspberry Pi Virtual Reality system (PiVR) is a versatile tool for presenting virtual reality environments to small, freely moving animals (such as flies and fish larvae), according to a...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Zoology
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5G could support telesurgery during COVID-19 pandemic

July 14, 2020
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A surgeon demonstrated how telesurgery could be successfully performed using robotic technology and a 5G network by operating on a cadaver patient from 15 km away. The low latency and...
Life Sciences
Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA

July 14, 2020
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The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and key biological functions, and the ability to precisely alter this DNA would allow scientists to...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

July 13, 2020
News
Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms - often incorrectly called "blue-green algae" - as they often occur in waters....
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Genetics, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

July 13, 2020
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Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an environmentally friendly manner through photosynthesis.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental
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Dinosaurs may have evolved from a ‘tiny bug slayer’

July 10, 2020
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New study suggests a miniaturised origin for some of the largest animals ever to live on Earth. Dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs may be known for their remarkable size, but a...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Life Sciences, Paleobiology
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