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Investment transforms UK cancer campus
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A new multimillion investment is to drive forward development of The London Cancer Hub – boosting e…
Prize offers £75,000 for infectious disease study
Added: 28 Feb 2020
A new award recognising individuals who have made significant contributions to the eradication of i…
Business competition to support biotech
Added: 28 Feb 2020
Automated drug discovery company Arctoris has opened entries to it’s global business competition fo…
Bird flight secret offers aircraft design breakthrough
Added: 18 Feb 2020
A team of scientists and engineers have gained new insight in the aerodynamics of gliding birds – s…
Organic semiconductor leads to efficient energy storage
Added: 18 Feb 2020
An organic semiconductor photocatalyst that significantly enhances the generation of hydrogen gas c…
Genetic rewiring drives cancer’s drug resistance
Added: 18 Feb 2020
A new study suggests ‘micro RNA’ plays a key role in rewiring cancer cells so they can resist the e…
Quantum breakthrough advances radar tech
Added: 10 Feb 2020
A new imaging method which exploits the unique properties of quantum-entangled photons to reveal hi…
Molecular clue for X chromosome mystery
Added: 10 Feb 2020
Researchers have begun to understand the molecular mechanism behind the silencing of one of the X c…
Comprehensive genomic map of cancer published
Added: 6 Feb 2020
A collaborative global scientific effort has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer…
Graphene device bridges the terahertz gap
Added: 5 Feb 2020
Researchers have used graphene to create a device which will unlock the elusive terahertz wavelengt…
Essential gene map aids rare disease understanding
Added: 4 Feb 2020
Scientists at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have compiled mouse and human cel…
Metallic hydrogen observed for the first time
Added: 4 Feb 2020
Using a synchrotron, a team of researchers have observed hydrogen in its metal phase for the first …
VIDEO: Lab Innovations 2019
Added: 31 Jan 2020
From sustainability to virtual reality, cannabis testing to intellectual property and accreditation…
Brexit - a summary for science
Added: 31 Jan 2020
As the country gets set to leave the EU tonight, we take a very brief look back at our some of our …
New materials help clean-up Chernobyl and Fukushima
Added: 29 Jan 2020
Materials which could be used to help clean-up the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power stations h…
Free information centre for coronavirus
Added: 29 Jan 2020
Elsevier has created a free information centre on the coronavirus currently causing respiratory dis…
Grant to help detection of disease
Added: 29 Jan 2020
The National Institute for Health Research has awarded a grant to a team aiming to set up a unit to…
Magnetised molecules monitor breast cancer
Added: 21 Jan 2020
A new type of scan that involves magnetising molecules allows doctors to see in real-time which reg…
Arctic sea ice can’t ‘bounce back’
Added: 21 Jan 2020
New research from Cardiff and Exeter University suggests Arctic sea ice cannot “quickly bounce back…
Survey reveals stressed and insecure UK scientists
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Less than a third of scientists feel secure in pursuing a research career with many experiencing lo…
