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Elastic to kinetic energy conversion through biomimicry

September 4, 2020
News
Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too - they discovered a way of efficiently converting...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Botany, Engineering, Environment, Physics, Zoology
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Jurassic Park style GM experiment flies under the radar

September 1, 2020
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An Oxfordshire based company is at the centre of planned controversial use of GM modified mosquitoes in Florida to combat diseases mosquito-related diseases. Dermot Martin looks into the facts of...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Parasitology, Virology, Zoology
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Coronavirus ‘trap and zap’ technology

August 24, 2020
News
Rice University researchers plan to reconfigure their 'trap and zap' wastewater-treatment technology to capture and deactivate the virus that causes COVID-19. Image: A schematic of the SARS-CoV-2 viral particle, which...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection

August 24, 2020
News
With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air-filter that self-sterilises and decontaminates is being developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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Coronaviruses amplified along wildlife supply chain

August 17, 2020
News
Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents in Viet Nam from 2013 to 2014, with an increasing proportion of positive samples found along the wildlife supply...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Parasitology, Virology, Zoology
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Can efficiency and sustainability coexist?

August 17, 2020
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Allison Paradise, CEO of My Green lab, a non-profit organization and Marc Boreham vice president and general manager of Agilent's Laboratory Enterprise Solutions Division share their views on the interplay...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Food Science, Forensics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Advantage flat angel shark

August 7, 2020
News
The general picture of a shark is that of a fast and large ocean predator. Some species, however, question this image - for example angel sharks. They have adapted to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Oceanography, Paleobiology, Zoology
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A truffle’s tale… 40 years in the making

August 7, 2020
News
As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma attended a scientific meeting in 1981 on Orcas Island in Washington. Having recently learned how to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Environment
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How flying snakes glide

August 6, 2020
News
Flying snakes glide through the air, flattening their bodies to provide lift. But as they glide they seem to swim, undulating their bodies from side to side. Now a team...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Environment, Zoology
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Laboratory News podcast – life on the back of a turtle with Dr Jeroen Ingels

August 5, 2020
"I didn't realise that it is basically impossible to stop a turtle physically... it just rolls you over"
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Environment, Marine Biology, Parasitology, Podcasts, Zoology
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