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Quantum microphone measures phonons
Added: 30 Jul 2019
A quantum microphone that measures individual sound particles has the potential to create more comp…
Eye-controlled contact lenses
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Biomechanical engineers have created a robotic lens that allows the wearer to focus on an image thr…
Volunteer data to build new AI diagnostics
Added: 26 Jul 2019
The UK government has announced a volunteer programme that will support the development of new trea…
Ozone smog will get worse with climate change
Added: 25 Jul 2019
Rising temperatures due to climate change will increase concentrations of ozone in the air to dange…
Algal biofuels face diverse pathogens
Added: 24 Jul 2019
DNA analysis of a predatory bacterium has revealed a much higher level of genetic diversity than pr…
Alderley Park to run Japanese AMR therapy
Added: 23 Jul 2019
Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi is out-licensing its anti-virulence therapy to the AMR Cen…
3.52M scientific procedures on animals in Britain last year
Added: 19 Jul 2019
Government figures reveal there has been a decrease in the number of scientific procedures carried …
Wine compound could help Mars missions
Added: 19 Jul 2019
A NASA-funded study has determined that resveratrol, a compound found in grape skins, could be key …
BioCity announces golden triangle accelerator
Added: 18 Jul 2019
Life sciences business incubator BioCity has partnered Oxford Academic Health Science Network for a…
Joshua tree faces extinction
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Climate change could be responsible for the near extinction of Joshua trees by the end of this cent…
Open University partners NASA for lunar instrument
Added: 15 Jul 2019
Open University scientists are working with NASA on a device that will detect water patterns for fu…
Pea gin reduces CO2 emissions
Added: 12 Jul 2019
Alcohol fermented from the starch of peas instead of wheat could offer a greener form of gin produc…
Satellites confirm largest macroalgae bloom
Added: 11 Jul 2019
Satellite observations have confirmed the largest bloom of macroalgae in the world, which has mostl…
EU allocates €35M for AI cancer treatment
Added: 10 Jul 2019
The European Commission is investing €35 million to develop AI solutions for the treatment and prev…
Simple glass acts like AI
Added: 10 Jul 2019
A non-electrical, low cost piece of glass replicates a machine’s neural network in order to recogni…
Measurement science centre opens in London
Added: 5 Jul 2019
The Community for Analytical Measurement Science, a membership network for training and innovation …
HIV virus eliminated with CRISPR and new antiretroviral therapy
Added: 4 Jul 2019
Replication-competent HIV-1 DNA – the virus responsible for AIDS – has been eliminated from the gen…
National Trust ends fossil fuel investments
Added: 4 Jul 2019
The National Trust has revealed that it will cease investment in fossil fuel companies in the inter…
Frozen sperm withstands microgravity
Added: 2 Jul 2019
Human sperm has been show to retain its viability within the gravitational conditions in space — wh…
Croc teeth suggest plant diet
Added: 2 Jul 2019
Differences in fossilised crocodile teeth suggest multiple ancient forms of crocodile were herbivor…
