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Beyond the usual suspects

April 19, 2019
Insight
“Having trained as a physicist, I find the Francis Crick Institute’s strategy of ‘discovery without boundaries’ very exciting. Adventurous multidisciplinary research like this requires a cast of characters that includes...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews
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Internet of Thoughts

April 16, 2019
News
Neuroscientists say an Internet of Thoughts network that connects neurons and synapses in the brain to cloud-computing networks could be a possibility within decades.A collaboration between researchers from UC Berkeley...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Neuroscience
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Oil-degrading bacterium

April 15, 2019
News
Hydrocarbon-eating bacteria found in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans could help clean up made-made oil spills.Scientists from the University of East Anglia, China and Russia undertook analysis of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Cthulhu’ fossil suggests monstrous sea cucumber precursor

April 11, 2019
News
A newly discovered fossil has given insights into a monstrous relative of the sea cucumber. University of Oxford researchers created a computer-generated reconstruction of the 430 million year-old, 3cm-wide fossil...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Blood vessels

April 11, 2019
Insight
This amazing image of subarachnoid blood vessels won Matt MacGregor Sharp – a PhD student at the University of Southampton – a runner-up prize in last year's Reflections of Research...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Focal Point, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

April 9, 2019
News
Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis.The organism, which has been informally named corallicolid, is found in 70% of corals globally....
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Energy, Microbiology
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An edit for good?

April 9, 2019
Feature
Gene editing could allow incredible crop improvements, with the potential to reduce the harmful impact of agrochemicals on biodiversity while boosting yield. However, the recent European Court of Justice ruling...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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NASA details ISS microbes

April 8, 2019
News
A comprehensive study of bacteria and fungi found on surfaces on the International Space Station could help prepare for longer space travel. Using molecular and culture-based methods to study ISS...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Bringing malaria diagnostics into the fold

April 5, 2019
Insight
Malaria is one of the biggest killers on the planet. Early diagnosis is considered an incredibly important part of defeating the disease, but could folded sheets of wax paper really...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Mutation found in drug-resistant fungus

April 4, 2019
News
A newly identified genetic mutation in a drug resistant fungus may help in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.Researchers from the US and the UK found a novel form of resistance...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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