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£20M dementia care tech centre

April 18, 2019
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A new centre at Imperial College London will develop technologies to support people with dementia and provide research into how dementia develops. The £20 million Care Research & Technology Centre...
Life Sciences
Medical Diagnostics
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LifeArc opens fellowship applications

April 16, 2019
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LifeArc and the Association of University Technology Managers have opened applications for their Technology Transfer Fellowship 2019-2020. The programme is a one-year fellowship to train life scientists as technology transfer...
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Internet of Thoughts

April 16, 2019
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Neuroscientists say an Internet of Thoughts network that connects neurons and synapses in the brain to cloud-computing networks could be a possibility within decades.A collaboration between researchers from UC Berkeley...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Neuroscience
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Laboratory News needs you!

April 15, 2019
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We need you!This has always been your magazine and, ever keen to make sure we deliver the content you want in a style that you enjoy, I am going to ask...
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Oil-degrading bacterium

April 15, 2019
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Hydrocarbon-eating bacteria found in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans could help clean up made-made oil spills.Scientists from the University of East Anglia, China and Russia undertook analysis of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Cthulhu’ fossil suggests monstrous sea cucumber precursor

April 11, 2019
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A newly discovered fossil has given insights into a monstrous relative of the sea cucumber. University of Oxford researchers created a computer-generated reconstruction of the 430 million year-old, 3cm-wide fossil...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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First black hole image revealed

April 10, 2019
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The first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole has been unveiled.The image, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope, shows the black hole at the centre of Messier 87,...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Cold plasma inactivates airborne virus

April 10, 2019
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Cold plasma has been found to provide a more efficient method of sterilising air for medical procedure environments, meaning it could one day replace the surgical mask.University of Michigan engineers...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

April 9, 2019
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Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis.The organism, which has been informally named corallicolid, is found in 70% of corals globally....
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Energy, Microbiology
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NASA details ISS microbes

April 8, 2019
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A comprehensive study of bacteria and fungi found on surfaces on the International Space Station could help prepare for longer space travel. Using molecular and culture-based methods to study ISS...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Next-gen gene editing workflows

April 8, 2019
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Oxford Genetics and Sphere Fluidics have announced they will develop automated microfluidic systems for gene editing in mammalian cell lines.  The partners plan to develop a desktop system that will automate...
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Mutation found in drug-resistant fungus

April 4, 2019
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A newly identified genetic mutation in a drug resistant fungus may help in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.Researchers from the US and the UK found a novel form of resistance...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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