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New fossil ape discovered in India

September 9, 2020
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A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills...
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Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Paleobiology
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Fungus leather: new front-runner for sustainable clothing material

September 9, 2020
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In a new review paper by the University of Vienna, Imperial College London, and RMIT University in Australia, researchers argue that leather made from fungi has "considerable potential" to be...
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Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Parasitology
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Biomimicry informs better sensors: just add noise

September 4, 2020
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Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the animal world but unusual in manmade sensors. Now Penn State researchers have added a small amount...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Botany, Physiology
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Reimagining the face mask: a design upgrade

September 4, 2020
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Imagine a reusable face mask that protects wearers and those around them from SARS-CoV-2, is comfortable enough to wear all day, and stays in place without frequent adjustment. Based on...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Virology
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Elastic to kinetic energy conversion through biomimicry

September 4, 2020
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Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too - they discovered a way of efficiently converting...
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Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights

September 4, 2020
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Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specialised precursors of muscle cells, researchers have developed a novel 'disease-in-a-dish' model to study...
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Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Ensuring ‘fair and equitable’ distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

September 4, 2020
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When effective COVID-19 vaccines are developed, their supply will inevitably be scarce. The World Health Organization (WHO), global leaders, and vaccine producers are already facing the question of how to...
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Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Virology
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Submit your COVID-19 data to the global vaccine effort

September 4, 2020
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More than 73,000 users collaborate on a new online platform set up by the European Open Science Cloud Initiative, where scientists share COVID-19 data and accelerate our understanding of the...
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Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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First rapid breath test for Coronavirus trialled

September 4, 2020
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Canterbury-based technology firm ANCON Medical (‘Ancon’) announces the trial of its Nanotechnology Biomarker Tagging (NBT) system, to provide a breath test to diagnose Coronavirus in 10 -15 minutes. The system,...
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Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology
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New Leicestershire-based COVID-19 testing ‘Lighthouse Lab’

September 4, 2020
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A new ‘Lighthouse Lab’ facility will be established in Leicestershire to increase the UK’s COVID-19 testing capacity, in an investment creating 400 jobs.
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Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology
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Coronavirus ‘trap and zap’ technology

August 24, 2020
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Rice University researchers plan to reconfigure their 'trap and zap' wastewater-treatment technology to capture and deactivate the virus that causes COVID-19. Image: A schematic of the SARS-CoV-2 viral particle, which...
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Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection

August 24, 2020
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With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air-filter that self-sterilises and decontaminates is being developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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