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What should the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency look like?

April 15, 2021
Insight
Following the announcement of the proposed launch of the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA), Naomi Ikeda notes that details have been kept light to enable the first director...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic: calls for an Advanced Information System

April 7, 2021
Insight
An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, a University of Virginia School of Medicine professor, is warning that scientists must better prepare for the next pandemic - and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Research points to a green energy system sooner than we’d hoped!

April 1, 2021
News
Research shows solar photovoltaics are already cheaper, more innovative, and more integrated into the world's energy systems than previously expected. Additionally, system developments already in the pipeline will enhance this...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Physics, Policy, Solid State Physics
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Ensuring quality through accreditation in our Lighthouse Labs: IBMS response to BBC Panorama

March 31, 2021
Insight
Following the BBC Panorama’s undercover investigation into a COVID-19 lighthouse laboratory, the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) reiterates the need for more HCPC registered staff and UKAS accreditation in these...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Haematology, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharmacology, Policy, Virology
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Jordan’s water crisis should be a warning for the world

March 31, 2021
News
It is very easy to take tap water for granted. But sobering predictions of recent research around Jordan's water supply, where climate change, population growth, intensifying water use, demographic shocks...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Geology, Geophysics, Oceanography, Policy
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COVID waste is killing animals – how to pick COVID PPE litter safely

March 26, 2021
Feature
How many times have you stepped over someone else's lost or discarded facemask crushed in the dirt beneath your feet, grimaced and thought "how disgusting!" Were you even tempted to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Health, In Depth, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Policy, Zoology
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Positive ‘tipping points’ offer hope for climate

March 22, 2021
News
Climate change mitigation is forever a balancing act. Environmental experts are beginning to unveil positive 'tipping points' that could spark cascading changes that accelerate action on climate change. A tipping...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Geology, Geophysics, Oceanography, Policy, Soil Science, Tectonics, Volcanology
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Keeping the Pharmaceutical industry mobile and secure

March 22, 2021
Insight
There is nothing more heinous than those who take advantage of a national emergency, but it happens. Hank Schless warns of the added security dangers posed by hacking and phishing...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Towards ‘Zero Leprosy’ – model shows 40 million people need preventive treatment

March 5, 2021
News
As the world considers strategies towards 'Zero COVID', research specialists also continue to work on eliminating the many other infectious diseases we have learned to 'live with'. Now, new research...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology, Policy
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Pandemic prevention: how to fireproof our future – #PandemicsReport

February 25, 2021
Feature
As we embrace 2021 and the opportunity for a fresh perspective, Matthew Partridge reviews the independent international expert report on the transformative change required to escape from the 'pandemic era'...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Health, Immunology, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmacology, Policy, Virology
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