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Ethiopian ponds too extreme even for microbes

November 25, 2019
News
European biologists have confirmed the one place on Earth where conditions are too extreme for life to exist.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environment
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Curiosity rover reveals oxygen spikes on Mars

November 15, 2019
News
Readings from NASA’s Curiosity rover have revealed a surprising jump in oxygen in the Martian atmosphere in the red planet’s summer months.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
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Ultra-fine particles linked to brain cancer

November 14, 2019
News
Air pollution nanoparticles have been linked to brain cancer for the first time.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Health/Diagnostics, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health
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AMR Centre nominates MBL inhibitor

November 11, 2019
News
The AMR Centre has nominated a preclinical candidate molecule for its programme to overcome resistance mechanisms in bacteria.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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EPSRC funds new nuclear robotics facility

November 8, 2019
News
EPSRC is funding a new national facility that will support nuclear robotics R&D across four institutions in the UK.
Physics & Engineering
Particle Physics, Physics
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Wellcome leads genome-mapping project

November 8, 2019
News
The Wellcome Sanger Institute is among 10 organisations that are part of a project to map genomes of all known life on the British Isles.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment
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11,000 scientists declare climate emergency

November 6, 2019
News
More than 11,000 scientist signatories support new a paper warning of “untold human suffering” that will be caused by climate change without shifts in human activities.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Policy
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UK government withdraws fracking support

November 4, 2019
News
The government has withdrawn its support of fracking in England until further scientific evidence is provided that proves it can be carried out safely.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Geology, Policy
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Ultra low-mass black hole uncovered

November 1, 2019
News
Astrophysicists say they have discovered evidence of the smallest black hole ever detected – just 3.3 times the mass of our sun.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Rivals question Google’s quantum supremacy claim

October 28, 2019
News
Google researchers claimed quantum supremacy last week, shortly followed by rebuke from its rivals.
Physics & Engineering
Computer Science, Physics
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NHS England urges homeopathy ban

October 28, 2019
News
NHS England has written to the Professional Standards Agency urging it to remove its accreditation for homeopathic treatment.
Uncategorised
Policy
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Rahko raises £1.3M for quantum chemistry simulation

October 18, 2019
News
UCL spin-out Rahko has raised £1.3 million in seed funding to develop its machine learning-powered quantum chemistry modelling platform.
Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Engineering, Materials, Materials Science
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