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Small plankton bad for carbon sequestration

April 2, 2020
News
A study of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic suggest their cells are smaller than expected ­­–­ meaning a key weapon in the fight against excess carbon dioxide may not be...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Earth & Environmental, Environment
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Consortium to develop COVID-19 vaccine

April 2, 2020
News
University of Oxford researchers working in an unprecedented vaccine development effort to prevent COVID-19 have started screening healthy volunteers
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Investment to map COVID-19

March 24, 2020
News
The government have announced a £20 million investment to map how COVID-19 spreads and behaves by using whole genome sequencing.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Seed funding for oncology drug developer

March 24, 2020
News
A biotechnology company focused on the treatment of cancer has announced an additional £1 million seed capital from new investor, LifeArc.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Medtech funding for implant company

March 24, 2020
News
A Newcastle medtech company has secured nearly £250,000 in funding from Innovate UK to further its research into the impact of genetics on implants.
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Engineering, Medical/Health
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Link found between microbiome and brain

March 17, 2020
News
Researchers have described new molecules which form a direct link between the gut microbiome and the brain, leading to inhibition of brain cell function in pre-clinical investigations in mice.
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Protein map of model plant

March 17, 2020
News
Scientists have created the first comprehensive map of the proteome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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3D glasses approach to study black holes

March 17, 2020
News
A team of researchers from Russia and Greece has shown a way to determine the origins and nature of quasar light by its polarization.
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Space-bound human tissue

March 10, 2020
News
The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station to explore the production of human tissue in weightlessness.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Engineering, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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New test picks out high-risk cancer patients

March 10, 2020
News
Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research have developed a genetic test that could help pick out patients who are at ‘ultra high risk’ of their cancer progressing aggressively early...
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Team release coronavirus inhibition results

March 10, 2020
News
A team using computer-aided methods to identify possible new drugs to combat the current coronavirus outbreak and similar epidemics in the future is releasing their results immediately.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Covid-19, Pharmaceutical
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Half billion-year-old ‘social network’ observed in early animals

March 4, 2020
News
Scientists from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have discovered fossilised threads which they suggest connected some of the first animals on Earth in a form of network.
Life Sciences
Biology
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