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Multimillion pound grant aims to find MND treatment ‘in years, not decades’
Added: 25 Jun 2022
Specialists at six UK universities will share a £4.25 million grant to develop collaborative effort…
AI helps detect autistic speech patterns in different language groups
Added: 20 Jun 2022
Speech patterns associated with autism can be identified with the help of machine learning in langu…
In agro: field labs and farmer-led research
Added: 19 Jun 2022
The Innovative Farmers not for profit network brings together farmers and growers with researchers …
How does automation improve lab testing?
Added: 13 Jun 2022
Laboratory results can be instrumental in telling scientists and health care professionals about pe…
L to U then cubed: X-ray tomography charts the secrets of tensile strength
Added: 17 Jun 2022
Scientists have ‘photographed’ how microscopic crystals in molten metal change shape as they cool, …
Juice derivative hailed as first major advance in dialysis tech for decades
Added: 18 Jun 2022
A disposable fluid cartridge system designed for orange juice and repurposed for dialysis is one of…
Leeds University building is something to Bragg about
Added: 10 Jun 2022
The University of Leeds has officially opened the Sir William Henry Bragg physical sciences and eng…
New map of Southern Ocean floor will boost understanding of climate processes
Added: 10 Jun 2022
International researchers have completed what has been hailed as the most detailed seafloor map of …
Bad dreams frequency could be Parkinson’s risk indicator, suggests study
Added: 10 Jun 2022
Older adults who start to experience bad dreams might be exhibiting the earliest signs of Parkinson…
NASA hosts open house for Mars technology
Added: 9 Jun 2022
Space agency NASA is to host a media event to demonstrate its LOFTID technology when it is inflated…
It pays to be pretty if you’re a threatened fish
Added: 9 Jun 2022
Humans don’t only judge each other unfairly on looks, they do the same when it comes to fish specie…
Tooth unlocks mystery of Denisovans in Asia
Added: 3 Jun 2022
Denisovans, a sister species of modern human, inhabited Laos by 164-131,000 years with important im…
Researchers isolate the Lloviu virus for the first time and highlight new possible pandemic threat
Added: 30 May 2022
Researchers from the Medway School of Pharmacy (a partnership between the universities of Kent and …
How can mental health professionals open their minds to psychosis?
Added: 27 May 2022
Effective clinical care for patients with psychosis means understanding the ‘lived experience’ of t…
Our lifestyles are key contributors to river pollution – social prescribing can help
Added: 25 May 2022
A new study demonstrates the significant environmental impact of harmful chemical and biological ag…
Meet the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy
Added: 23 May 2022
Scientists have captured humanity’s first look at the supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A…
Ukraine war impacts global clinical trials
Added: 2 Jun 2022
On 16 March, an analysis of data from virtual clinical development company Phesi looked at the impa…
Five-letter words for research: ‘trial’ and ‘error’
Added: 31 May 2022
You now have six attempts to guess the craze that has hooked Dr Matthew Partridge as he envisages a…
How to minimise the risk of cross-contamination in laboratories
Added: 26 May 2022
Cross-contamination is a major concern for any laboratory and can lead to false and inaccurate resu…
Which three extinct animals would you invite to dinner?
Added: 24 May 2022
Considering de-extinction, iterative evolution, re-evolution and the Elvis taxon, Russ Swan muses o…
