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Cool roofs could have saved c250 heatwave deaths, claims UCL/Exeter study
Added: 1 Oct 2024
Nearly 250 lives could have been prevented during London’s record 2018 hot summer if the capital ha…
Aston AIME celebrates launch with collaborative science
Added: 22 Sep 2024
The new Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence has hosted its official academic launch at Aston Un…
Replacing ultra-processed foods in diet associated with reduction in type 2 diabetes risk
Added: 15 Sep 2024
A new study of the links between processed foods and diabetes risk suggests considerable variation,…
Alzheimer’s Society pledges £9 million for three dementia training centres
Added: 15 Sep 2024
The Alzheimer’s Society is investing in a multimillion pound project to tackle the talent drain of …
Young innovator turns to 3D to scale up stroke recovery tool
Added: 8 Sep 2024
Innovate UK’s 2023 Young Innovators award winner is using 3D printing to put his stroke recovery th…
Dundee MRC PPU wins £27 million-plus for groundbreaking disease and reagents research
Added: 8 Sep 2024
The University of Dundee’s renowned MRC PPU (Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation) unit has b…
Study suggests potential heatwave impact on epilepsy
Added: 8 Sep 2024
Heatwaves could be associated with an increase in abnormal brain activity among people with epileps…
Cell mapping project gives hope for new insights into endometriosis
Added: 1 Sep 2024
Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Oxford University’s Nuffield department of women’s …
AI to help GPs identify those at high risk of heart-related death
Added: 1 Sep 2024
An AI tool that pinpoints hidden heart risk in patients could be rolled out for GPs to use within t…
Heriot-Watt project wins £0.75 mill for alternative to painful cancer biopsies
Added: 26 Aug 2024
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University are developing a new method of identifying cancerous DNA whic…
Dr Chris van Tulleken to deliver 2024 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Added: 25 Aug 2024
Science broadcaster Dr Chris van Tulleken will deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lect…
Speedy separation offers tool for microplastics and cancer cell studies
Added: 17 Aug 2024
Researchers in Sweden have pinpointed a method to speed the separation of particles in fluids, prov…
Bezos fund gives £1.2 million to develop livestock methane vaccine
Added: 11 Aug 2024
The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded a UK medical institution a £1,200,000 grant to tackle livestock-me…
PacBio-Singapore project to create largest SE Asian genome dataset
Added: 11 Aug 2024
Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) Programme and genomic sequencing leader PacBio have e…
Scientists hijack brain parasite for new therapy delivery vehicle
Added: 3 Aug 2024
Harmful brain parasites could be effectively hijacked as vehicles for therapeutic treatment for neu…
Real time tracking could slash millions from bill for lost NHS lab samples
Added: 2 Aug 2024
Supermarket style product tracking piloted at a Leeds hospital could be used to cut the NHS’s mammo…
Smart spoon ‘restores’ dementia sufferers’ taste buds
Added: 29 Jul 2024
Loss of taste is one of the many symptoms of dementia and one that not only impacts sufferers’ qual…
Baby camels identified as key factor in animal to human MERS virus transmission
Added: 29 Jul 2024
Young camels have been identified as a significant contributor in exposing humans to the potentiall…
Research reveals misbehaving genes in healthy humans
Added: 29 Jul 2024
So-called ‘gene misbehaviour’ within the bodies of healthy human beings is far more widespread than…
Blood thinner threatens to take the sting out of cobra’s deadly bite
Added: 22 Jul 2024
CRISPR gene editing technology has enabled scientists at the University of Sydney and Liverpool Sch…
