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New metamaterial flat lens produced

June 13, 2016
News
A new flat lens has been created which has the possibility to replace lenses used in all different types of devices such as microscopes and cameras.
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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Orchard Therapeutics launched to treat rare child disease

June 10, 2016
News
University College London Business and venture capital firm F-Prime Capital Partners have launched a biotechnology company to create gene therapies to treat rare childhood diseases.
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IUPAC names new elements

June 8, 2016
News
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has proposed the names for four recently discovered elements.
Chemistry
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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£1m grant for Bristol chemists

June 8, 2016
News
Bristol University chemists have been awarded £930,000 to develop new smoking cessation aids.
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Seebeck effect could drastically reduce vehicles’ CO_ emissions

June 7, 2016
News
A 200 year old discovery is to be used to save vehicles using huge amounts of fuel while lowering their annual carbon emissions by as much as 1,000 tonnes a...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Thermodynamics
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Clues to supermassive black hole creation found

June 6, 2016
News
Italian scientists believe they have found two objects in the early universe that are the origin of supermassive black holes.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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New engineering hub opened at Cambridge

June 3, 2016
News
Sir James Dyson has opened a new engineering facility at Cambridge University, to support research in advanced materials, electric vehicles and efficient internal combustion system
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Faster heart attack detection device launched

June 2, 2016
News
A new device has been released to inform clinicians if a patient has suffered a heart attack within a 10 minute period.
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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Human marine activity causes cephalopod surge

June 1, 2016
News
Although human interaction has reduced the population of many marine organisms over recent years, it appears it has boosted cephalopod numbers.
Life Sciences
Marine Biology
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‘Weak’ physical forces measured for first time

May 31, 2016
News
Individual van der Waals forces between individual atoms have been measured for the first time by scientists at the University of Basel.
Physics & Engineering
Particle Physics, Physics
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Stem cell spin out has highest ever UK funding round

May 27, 2016
News
A spin out focusing on stem cell drugs to treat age related diseases has raised the highest ever amount in the UK in a single investment round.
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Space mission to measure biomass step closer to lift-off

May 26, 2016
News
A mission to measure the Earth’s biomass is closer to launch after a contract to build its necessary technology was agreed.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry
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