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NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station
Added: 19 Oct 2020
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Statio…

Machine Learning provides insight into cannabis strains
Added: 30 Sep 2020
Cannabis data lacking, but machine learning could help
THC and CBD; Anyone who has used, sold, stu…

Cannabis use for menopause symptom management
Added: 29 Sep 2020
As legislation relaxes regarding cannabis, it is being used to manage numerous chronic health condi…

Single-step 3D printing multimaterial microstructures
Added: 17 Sep 2020
Researchers have developed an automated 3D printing method that can produce multicolour 3D microstr…

Unravelling what makes memories so detailed and enduring
Added: 14 Sep 2020
In years to come, our personal memories of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be etched in our min…

Reimagining the face mask: a design upgrade
Added: 4 Sep 2020
Imagine a reusable face mask that protects wearers and those around them from SARS-CoV-2, is comfor…

Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights
Added: 4 Sep 2020
Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specia…

Ensuring 'fair and equitable' distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
Added: 4 Sep 2020
When effective COVID-19 vaccines are developed, their supply will inevitably be scarce. The World H…

Submit your COVID-19 data to the global vaccine effort
Added: 4 Sep 2020
More than 73,000 users collaborate on a new online platform set up by the European Open Science Clo…

First rapid breath test for Coronavirus trialled
Added: 4 Sep 2020
Canterbury-based technology firm ANCON Medical (‘Ancon’) announces the trial of its Nanotechnology …

New Leicestershire-based COVID-19 testing ‘Lighthouse Lab’
Added: 4 Sep 2020
A new ‘Lighthouse Lab’ facility will be established in Leicestershire to increase the UK’s COVID-19…

Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank
Added: 18 Aug 2020
Today, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announce the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply net…

Coronaviruses amplified along wildlife supply chain
Added: 17 Aug 2020
Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents in Viet Nam from 2013 to 2014,…

Improved cybernetics hardware - human interfacing
Added: 17 Aug 2020
Although true 'cyborgs' -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science fiction, researchers are …

AI stratification significantly improves treatment outcomes for COVID-19 patients
Added: 11 Aug 2020
AN EIT Health project demonstrates early positive results on improving treatment outcomes of patien…

Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough
Added: 4 Aug 2020
A University of Sydney team of biomedical engineers has developed a plasma technology to robustly a…

First UK COVID-19 vaccine to be manufactured in Wales
Added: 3 Aug 2020
Wockhardt, the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology major today announced that it has entered in…

Advanced Engineering and Lab Innovations: visitors are in safe hands
Added: 31 Jul 2020
The UK Government has recently endorsed the reopening of conferences and exhibitions, releasing a s…

Wales to gain equitable access to advanced therapies
Added: 29 Jul 2020
Advanced Therapies Wales (ATW) programme has been established to harness the benefits from emerging…

UK vaccine capability enjoys a >£100M cash boost
Added: 24 Jul 2020
The UK is at the forefront of international efforts to research and develop a COVID-19 vaccine and …