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NASA’s InSight spacecraft lands on Mars

November 27, 2018
News
NASA’s InSight robot lander has successfully touched down on the surface of Mars.The spacecraft touched down on Monday, November 26, near Mars’ equator on the western side of a flat...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Drug design collaboration

November 27, 2018
News
Optibrium – a developer of software for drug discovery – has entered into a collaboration with the University of Nottingham to provide students with the opportunity to design new drugs.Optibrium’s...
Life Sciences
Drug Discovery
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Galactic fountain

November 27, 2018
News
An international team of scientists has observed plumes of cold molecular gas sprayed out by a black hole a billion light-years from Earth. The team say this is the first...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics
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AI could reduce gadolinium dose in MRI

November 26, 2018
News
AI is being used to reduce the dose of a contrast agent that is often left in the body after an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam.A team at Stanford University...
Life Sciences
Medical Diagnostics
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Enzyme activity enhanced by remote control

November 26, 2018
News
Radio frequency radiation has been used as a way to enhance the activity of enzymes.Scientists at ITMO University in Saint Petersburg synthesised a special complex in which an enzyme is...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Squeezed nitrogen reveals surprising crystal

November 26, 2018
News
An unusually complex form of one of the most abundant chemical elements on Earth has been revealed in the lab for the first time.Researchers from the University of Edinburgh created...
Chemistry
Chemistry
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Molecular motor powered by light alone

November 23, 2018
News
Chemists have developed the first molecular motor that can be powered by just light, irrespective of temperature.Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet’s Henry Dube and student Aaron Gerwien developed the motor, or chemical carousel, which...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Energy, Nanotechnology
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UK spin-out licenses CRISPR

November 23, 2018
News
University of Cambridge spin-out DefiniGEN has licensed CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology from Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in the USA, to develop human cell disease models.The technology will be combined...
Life Sciences
Biotechnology
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Bacterial toxic bullet kills competitors

November 23, 2018
News
Microbiologists have discovered a toxin that allows an infectious strain of bacteria to defeat its competitors.  The new bullet-like toxin, discovered by Imperial College London scientists, is produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Neutrino CT scan

November 23, 2018
News
Researchers from Spain published the first CT of the Earth using neutrinos. This elementary particle, one of the most abundant in the Universe, is able to cross the planet without...
Physics & Engineering
Particle Physics, Physics
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Currents cross virtual outer-space in transistor air gap

November 21, 2018
News
Researchers have developed a transistor that sends electrical currents through narrow air gaps instead of through silicon.  The proof-of-concept, developed by a team at RMIT University in Australia, recreates a virtual...
Physics & Engineering
Energy, Physics
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Flexible charge-storage developed for clothing

November 21, 2018
News
Materials scientists from the US have developed a method for making a charge-storing system that is easily integrated into clothing.A major factor holding back development of wearable biosensors for health...
Materials
Materials Science
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