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Researchers uncover a world of life on the back of a turtle
Added: 4 Jun 2020
Much to the delight of all Hindu’s and fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, researchers have…
New MIT protein production protocol will speed up drug delivery
Added: 1 Jun 2020
MIT chemists have developed a protocol to rapidly produce protein chains up to 164 amino acids long…
A roadmap for effective treatment of COVID-19
Added: 29 May 2020
Due to the devastating worldwide impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, th…
Plastic-eating superworms host biodegrading gut bacteria
Added: 29 May 2020
Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that are often sold in …
Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer
Added: 28 May 2020
Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzym…
How to fast without having to fast
Added: 28 May 2020
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the …
Tracking the physics of biological cells using nanodevices (video)
Added: 28 May 2020
For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interio…
Rats recognise rhythm
Added: 27 May 2020
Musical rhythm has very deep evolutionary roots and is present in some animals, according to a stud…
Listen to the song of the Arctic unicorn (video)
Added: 27 May 2020
With the help of Inuit hunters, geophysicists recently recorded the various calls, buzzes, clicks a…
Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria
Added: 27 May 2020
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid ma…
DIY reagents for COVID-19 testing
Added: 20 May 2020
Researchers in Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick have developed a way to create s…
Return to work safely: Environmental surface swabbing
Added: 18 May 2020
In light of the UK government’s request for employers to enable staff to safely return to work wher…
Return to work safely: Managing transmission in transport hubs
Added: 18 May 2020
Aerosol specialists – ANCON Medical – discuss innovation that could detect COVID-19 in high traffic…
Rothamsted turn to harvesting coronavirus data
Sarah Lawton | Added: 13 May 2020
A group of researchers based at Rothamsted Research, one of the oldest agricultural research instit…
AI to map impact of COVID-19 on the heart
Added: 12 May 2020
A joint UK-US research team is applying a pioneering artificial intelligence system to map how the …
WIN: A Tale of Seven Scientists
Sarah Lawton | Added: 11 May 2020
And a new philosophy of science
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Confirmed: SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated
Added: 6 May 2020
Analysis work from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research provides evidence that S…
Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed
Added: 6 May 2020
The Infection Biology Unit of the German Primate Center (DPZ) - Leibniz Institute for Primate Resea…
A counterintuitive approach to treating Covid-19
Added: 4 May 2020
A new USC study suggests that temporarily suppressing the body's immune system during the early sta…
Real-time observation of enzymatic processes on DNA
Added: 4 May 2020
Scientists at the University of Konstanz have used infrared spectroscopy to visualise the biochemic…
