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Bringing DNA sequencing to the frontlines in the fight against anti-microbial resistance
Added: 10 Mar 2021
The future may see DNA sequencing as a routine bacterial diagnostic technique in hospitals and clin…
Crowd research recovers biodiversity as 17 previously lost plant species are rehabilitated
Added: 9 Mar 2021
Imagine rediscovering not one, but seventeen species that had been designated as extinct? A well or…
Towards 'Zero Leprosy' - model shows 40 million people need preventive treatment
Added: 5 Mar 2021
As the world considers strategies towards 'Zero COVID', research specialists also continue to work …
A novel light harvesting engine strings buckyballs and chromophores on DNA
Added: 26 Feb 2021
Researchers have synthesised a novel type of organic light-harvesting supramolecule by arranging fl…
Ultra-high definition predictive brain tool to guide surgery in drug-resistant epilepsy patients
Added: 25 Feb 2021
A third of epilepsy cases are drug resistant and removal of the area of the brain where seizures em…
The chronicles of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance
Added: 24 Feb 2021
Only a few days in and NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is wowing us with spectacular footage, f…
UK gov to launch Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA)
Added: 23 Feb 2021
As part of its plans to cement the UK’s position as a global science superpower and build back bett…
UK's Global Talent Visa supports mobility of scientists and researchers
Added: 22 Feb 2021
Are you a researcher or a scientist seeking a fast route into the UK post Brexit? There's still tim…
Mapping neural dynamics: Making sense of mass neuron-generated data
Added: 19 Feb 2021
How do animals process information and adapt to environmental change? New research applies AI drive…
Unveiling the twist in cell-to-cell signal transport using cryogenic electron microscopy
Added: 18 Feb 2021
It seems chemical signals move through cells in a similarly controlled fashion to shoppers moving t…
Could you be the new face of space?
Added: 17 Feb 2021
The European Space Agency is opening its 'Gateway to Space' and inviting you to explore the potenti…
Kinky graphene 'straintronics' for smaller, faster microchips
Added: 16 Feb 2021
Using 'straintronics' rather than electronics, researchers have produced the tiniest microchips yet…
Astronomers confirm Farfarout is our most distant object
Added: 15 Feb 2021
Farfarout... is a faint little rock only 400km across. Farther out than Farout - in fact, far enoug…
Scent detection dogs can smell COVID-19
Added: 12 Feb 2021
A promising approach using cleverly trained pooches might bring big, public events back into play! …
Robotic system outSTRIPs all previous COVID testing systems
Added: 9 Feb 2021
A live laboratory setup in the Netherlands demonstrates that five robots could accurately process a…
NHS staff targeted by nearly 140,000 malicious emails last year
Added: 8 Feb 2021
I suspect we can all testify to a rise in confusing calls claiming our National Insurance is about …
Droplet formation at the nanoscale
Added: 4 Feb 2021
It is surprising to find such everyday physics in the nanoscale world of molecular biology, but whe…
Cell shape influences antibiotic resistance
Added: 3 Feb 2021
A broad, curvy shape has a lower surface-to-volume ratio and is less susceptible to surface invasio…
Robotic exoskeleton training expands options for stroke rehabilitation
Added: 2 Feb 2021
It must be hard enough to recover from an acute stroke, but many find the physical taxation of reha…
Meet the baby tyrannosaurs - dog-sized and looking just like mum and dad
Added: 29 Jan 2021
Imagine mini tyrannosaurs running around your legs like collie dogs! They may have grown to 40 feet…
