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Breakthrough for tracking RNA with fluorescence
Added: 7 Jul 2021
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in developing a method to …
Tissue autografting turns pulp fiction into pulp reality
Added: 6 Jul 2021
One of the most challenging medical conditions is serious loss of tissue. Unlike certain animals, h…
Researchers reduce severity of sleep apnoea by at least 30 per cent
Added: 5 Jul 2021
Imagine waking up a hundred times every night not being able to breathe! Believe it or not, data su…
Olympic Games highlights global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination progress
Added: 5 Jul 2021
With the rescheduled 2020 Olympic games set for July and August this year, the low vaccination rate…
Women in STEM see equality slip during the pandemic
Added: 11 Jun 2021
Despite some good work over the years, it has become apparent that there is yet more work to be don…
Free webinar: Testing imported pets to mitigate emerging disease threats
Added: 9 Jun 2021
With the demand for pets rising dramatically over lockdown, and the number of illegal imports keepi…
Electron microscopy just became a thousand times more efficient
Added: 3 Jun 2021
Imaging a million samples a second to make electron microscopy a thousand times more efficient, the…
Staying ahead of the bacteria: A new weapon in the anti-bacterial arms race
Added: 1 Jun 2021
In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is a new tool to giv…
Commercial quanta image sensors - a new era in solid-state imaging
Added: 27 May 2021
Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon c…
UKRI funding to bring the public into the heart of five research projects
Added: 27 May 2021
UK Research and Innovation is encouraging people from across the UK to actively contribute to five …
Texas CRISPR gene editing opens new battlefront against Duchenne MD
Added: 7 May 2021
Thirty five years ago the human gene that causes Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) was discovered. …
Trust-based not-for-profit biobank platform will offer left-over biosamples to biotech and Pharma researchers
Added: 28 Apr 2021
Left-over clinical material like blood samples and excised tissue may be medical waste, but it can …
Declining work-life balance for scientific researchers, survey finds
Added: 27 Apr 2021
Reseachers are generally known for their dedication and the percieved norm is that many work for pa…
Designing healthy diets with mathematical modelling and computer analysis
Added: 22 Apr 2021
When it comes to diets, no one size fits all. Now, researchers have demonstrated a the ability to a…
The Hunger Games: Uncovering the secret of the hunger switch in the brain
Added: 21 Apr 2021
Ever stood at your refridgerator staring into it and wishing you could switch off the hunger pangs …
Innovation roadmap to improve smartphone apps for point-of-care diagnosis and treatment guidance
Added: 19 Apr 2021
A new review paper looks at advanced research in smartphone-based imaging systems for healthcare. T…
Expansion microscopy: Imaging biological samples at nanoscale using an ordinary light microscope
Added: 9 Apr 2021
Using an ordinary light microscope, MIT engineers have devised a technique for imaging biological s…
Meta analysis confirms comorbidity increases risk for COVID patients
Added: 31 Mar 2021
New research shows how comorbidities increase risks for COVID patients following a review of more t…
Machine learning plus vital signs provides objective patient pain levels
Added: 18 Mar 2021
Describing pain from zero to ten is currently as good as it gets on the hospital floor when it come…
'Team ice' uncover crucial information to aid the development of new more active cryoprotectants
Added: 17 Mar 2021
Researchers uncover new understanding around the interactions between synthetic polymers and ice fo…
