January 10, 2022

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...

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November 25, 2021

As clinical and adjacent staff face overwhelming demands, Cari-Anne Quinn looks at the benefits of digital innovation, technology-led service models, and integrated care systems focused on prevention, to help rebalance...

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November 25, 2021

Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner workings and behaviours of superbugs to gain new insights into how they cause disease. The...

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November 22, 2021

The power to control living cells by treating molecules as switches or transistors has been established in principle. Synthetic biologists believe we could be on the brink of re-engineering life...

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November 4, 2021

Olympus has just launched its third Image of the Year contest and is accepting entries. Each year, the competition recognises the best in life science imaging worldwide to inspire and...

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October 26, 2021

Lumbriculus variegatus blackworms can aggregate into ‘blobs’ capable of collective movement. Researchers observed blackworms to model the behaviour of individual worms, as well as the formation and movement of blobs....

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October 20, 2021

With increased digitisation in medical clinics, comes increased reliance on AI-enabled tools to more efficiently assess and select diagnostic outcomes using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms based on machine learning techniques....

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September 22, 2021

New research finds that increasing physical activity and improving fitness appear to be superior to weight loss for getting healthy and reducing mortality risk. Employing a weight-neutral approach to the...

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June 3, 2021

Imaging a million samples a second to make electron microscopy a thousand times more efficient, the new 'Ruska' microscope will be able to see proteins fold and capture drug molecules...

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June 1, 2021

In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is a new tool to give human medicine the edge, in part by revealing bacterial weaknesses and potentially by...

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