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Metal enzymes

November 20, 2018
News
An international team of researchers has transferred certain structural characteristics of natural enzymes, which ensure particularly high catalytic activity, to metallic nanoparticles. The chemical reactions took place within channels inside...
Materials
Nanotechnology
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Joint spin-out creates holey water

November 20, 2018
News
The University of Liverpool and Queen’s University Belfast have jointly created a spin-out company to develop a new class of materials known as porous liquids.The material is a new class...
Chemistry
Chemistry
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AI enhanced NMR sets record

November 19, 2018
News
Swiss scientists have created a method that can be combined with NMR spectroscopy to determine the exact location of atoms in complex organic compounds.The team, from École Polytechnique Fédérale de...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry
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Optical storage speeds up data processing

November 16, 2018
News
Researchers are developing a new type of optical memory storage unit that works with photons of light rather than electrons in standard magnetic storage devices.Researchers at the University of Gothenberg...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Nanotechnology, Physics
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Quantum duet shields spin

November 16, 2018
News
South Korean researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in shielding the quantum properties of single atoms on a surface.The scientists used the magnetism of single atoms, known as spin, as...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Synthetic biology takes on ancient evolutionary mysteries

November 16, 2018
News
Synthetic biologists in the US have engineered organisms similar to those thought to have lived billions of years ago allowing them to study ancient evolutionary mysteries.The team from Scripps Research...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Fantastic speakers wow Lab Innovations 2018

November 15, 2018
News
At the recent Lab Innovations show, we were delighted to curate a 2-day seminar programme. The Insights & Innovation theatre delivered short, punchy presentations around science, the challenges we face...
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Foundation for stable science with SI redefinition

November 15, 2018
News
Measurement scientists from around the world have voted to redefine the International System of Measurement (SI) units, changing the definition of the kilogram, the kelvin, the mole and the ampere....
Uncategorised
Policy
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AMR needs top policy priority

November 9, 2018
News
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, has called for Antimicrobial Resistance to be firmly established as a ‘top five policy priority’ for the Government.The Select Committee, chaired...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Autumn budget good for quantum technology

November 9, 2018
News
The Government is claiming a step forward on the path to becoming a ‘quantum superpower’ with a £235 million funding boost.The money will be used to establish a new National...
Physics & Engineering
Energy
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Miniaturised pipe organ boosts medical imaging

November 9, 2018
News
A miniaturised version of a musical instrument that could be used to improve the quality of medical images has been manufactured by researchers at the University of Strathclyde.The team created...
Life Sciences
Medical Diagnostics
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Protein key to malaria parasite’s lifecycle

October 26, 2018
News
New research suggests that a regulator protein, AP2-G, may hold the key to finding new approaches to prevent malaria.The team behind the work, from the University of Glasgow and the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Virology
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