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Estimate your probability of success with Bayesian statistics

January 18, 2022
Insight
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Blood and guts: new link uncovered between the gut microbiome and blood groups

January 17, 2022
News
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...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Physiology
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Chemists use DNA to build the world’s tiniest antenna

January 14, 2022
News
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
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Diagnosing exotic animals

January 13, 2022
Feature
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Analytical Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Parasitology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology
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Dementia cases ‘set to almost triple by 2050’

January 12, 2022
News
Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, affecting around 57 million people worldwide in 2019. Due to population growth, ageing and lifestyle factors, the number of adults living...
Life Sciences
Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics
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Picodroplet microfluidics – specialist chemicals for single cell analysis

January 10, 2022
Feature
Picodroplet microfluidics is used to isolate single cells for high-throughput single cell analysis. Olivia Hughes discusses novel multifunctional and biocompatible surfactants needed to create these miniature protective environments in which...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oncology, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Diagnosing dysbiosis – understanding imbalance in human gut microbiota

January 10, 2022
Insight
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...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Physiology, Virology
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Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?

January 10, 2022
News
While the global shift towards virtual events has clearly reduced the carbon footprint, it also raises questions regarding accessibility. Specifically, can virtual events overcome barriers of diversity and inclusion in...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring

January 10, 2022
News
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two research teams have independently demonstrated that airborne eDNA can be used to monitor a range of...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Paleobiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Soil Science, Zoology
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Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds

January 6, 2022
News
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...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics, Paleobiology, Policy, Zoology
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