Articles tagged with "Biological Sciences"

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Take the test: Are you Britain’s next super-matcher?

January 19, 2022
Do you have natural forensic detection skills? Find out if you are one of those rare individuals who have the ability to compare complex visual images and identify matching patterns....

Estimate your probability of success with Bayesian statistics

January 18, 2022
Don’t settle for approximations, make smart, risk-based economic decisions. Bruno Boulanger explains how the application of Bayesian statistics can assist with decision making when data samples are small but pre-existing...

Blood and guts: new link uncovered between the gut microbiome and blood groups

January 17, 2022
Researchers have been studying how the body’s mucus layer encourages the optimal balance of microbes to colonise and flourish. The discovery of strains of bacteria in the gut microbiome that...

Chemists use DNA to build the world’s tiniest antenna

January 14, 2022
Inspired by the ‘Lego-like’ properties of DNA, with building blocks that are typically 20,000 times smaller than a human hair, a new DNA-based fluorescent nanoantenna will monitor the structural change...

Diagnosing exotic animals

January 13, 2022
From one of the UK's leading veterinary diagnostic laboratories specialising in an array of exotic animals, Mary Pinborough discusses the joys and pitfalls of working with exotic animals and how...

Diagnosing dysbiosis – understanding imbalance in human gut microbiota

January 10, 2022
Dysbiosis describes imbalance in healthy gut bacteria... but what is a healthy gut? We ask Christina Casén to explain how such a complex and changeable ecology can be interpreted well...

Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds

January 6, 2022
Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have influenced the field of palaeontology and significantly skewed accessible fossil records. The first step towards conducting...

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