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Imperial’s smart heart reading T-shirt nets £340k

January 6, 2025
Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable them to develop an AI t-shirt that can detect inherited heart rhythm conditions.

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December 20, 2024
Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepares to deliver the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, while we present this year’s...

Greener diagnostics: The sustainable revolution

December 17, 2024
From eco-friendly materials to innovative technologies such as spectroscopy, molecular diagnostics is evolving to reduce its environmental footprint while improving accessibility and efficiency. Rachel Sully explains how rethinking materials, workflows...

Making tough choices digestible

December 16, 2024
"To eat is to compete in an arms race," says Dr Chris van Tulleken, whose thoughts on evangelising through science, engaging food producers and self-experimentation promise another absorbing series of...

Stick-on monitor offers cheap and precise warning system for critical conditions, say researchers

December 16, 2024
A novel breathing monitor created by university and commercial partners is capable of providing a low cost, accurate early warning system for a range of critical conditions, claim its inventors.

Biobanks: a vital investment in precision medicine

December 8, 2024
Despite limits in size and investment, biobanks such as Estonia’s are providing deeper understanding of the factors influencing public health and diseases, explains PacBio’s Neil Ward.

British Heart Foundation Heart Hero Awards highlight breakthrough pioneers

December 8, 2024
Cardiovascular research pioneer professor Adam Greenstein has been awarded the prestigious Research Story of the Year prize for devising a potential new approach to treating vascular dementia at the British...

LLMs’ neuroscience predictions leave the experts trailing

December 1, 2024
They’ve long since proved their effectiveness in information retrieval. Now large language models have outstripped humans at predicting science study outcomes.

Cell detectives offer clues to counter rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups 

December 1, 2024
The body’s ‘cell detectives’ could be employed as biomarkers for one of the world’s most widespread chronic conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, concludes a new study.

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