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NHS must research more for patient safety

January 8, 2020
A New report from The Academy of Medical Sciences suggests that patient care is in jeopardy because NHS staff don’t have time for research.

Telecom laser used to study atoms

December 16, 2019
New work from French metrologists could allow astronomers to learn much about the physical processes which play out in the depths of space

Wheat yields only 60% of what they could be

December 16, 2019
New work from agricultural institute Rothamsted Research shows that, in some European countries, the wheat grain yield could be increased by up to 90%.

Genetic lifespan ‘clock’ discovered

December 16, 2019
At team of geneticists have created a new model of estimating the lifespans of vertebrates, including extinct species.

New crop antibiotics – without damaging the environment

December 9, 2019
UK scientists think they have a new way to protect crops from a widespread and devastating bacterial disease, without using environmentally damaging chemical sprays.

Bioimaging collaboration takes on viral disease

December 9, 2019
A new institute collaboration will allow scientists to study viral diseases in greater detail.

Quantum physics AI speeds up drug discovery

December 9, 2019
An international collaboration has seen a team using Artificial Intelligence normally used to predict molecular wave functions and the electronic properties of molecules to speed-up the design of drug molecules...

Ethiopian ponds too extreme even for microbes

November 25, 2019
European biologists have confirmed the one place on Earth where conditions are too extreme for life to exist.

Curiosity rover reveals oxygen spikes on Mars

November 15, 2019
Readings from NASA’s Curiosity rover have revealed a surprising jump in oxygen in the Martian atmosphere in the red planet’s summer months.

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