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New Leicestershire-based COVID-19 testing ‘Lighthouse Lab’

September 4, 2020
News
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.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology
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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...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection

August 24, 2020
News
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...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank

August 18, 2020
News
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.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Virology
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Coronaviruses amplified along wildlife supply chain

August 17, 2020
News
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...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Parasitology, Virology, Zoology
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Improved cybernetics hardware – human interfacing

August 17, 2020
News
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...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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New international carbon dating standard

August 13, 2020
News
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.
Earth & Environmental, Materials
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental, Geology, Geophysics, Materials, Materials Science, Soil Science
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AI stratification significantly improves treatment outcomes for COVID-19 patients

August 11, 2020
News
AN EIT Health project demonstrates early positive results on improving treatment outcomes of patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19 (as part of the EIT’s Crisis Response Initiative, this project directly contributes...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmacology
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Advantage flat angel shark

August 7, 2020
News
The general picture of a shark is that of a fast and large ocean predator. Some species, however, question this image - for example angel sharks. They have adapted to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Oceanography, Paleobiology, Zoology
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A truffle’s tale… 40 years in the making

August 7, 2020
News
As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma attended a scientific meeting in 1981 on Orcas Island in Washington. Having recently learned how to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Environment
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Plugging the power leak for fusion reactions

August 6, 2020
News
Scientists have found a novel way to prevent pesky magnetic bubbles in plasma from interfering with fusion reactions - delivering a potential way to improve the performance of fusion energy...
Physics & Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics, Energy, Particle Physics, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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How flying snakes glide

August 6, 2020
News
Flying snakes glide through the air, flattening their bodies to provide lift. But as they glide they seem to swim, undulating their bodies from side to side. Now a team...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Environment, Zoology
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