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Satellites confirm largest macroalgae bloom
Added: 11 Jul 2019
Satellite observations have confirmed the largest bloom of macroalgae in the world, which has mostl…

EU allocates €35M for AI cancer treatment
Added: 10 Jul 2019
The European Commission is investing €35 million to develop AI solutions for the treatment and prev…

Simple glass acts like AI
Added: 10 Jul 2019
A non-electrical, low cost piece of glass replicates a machine’s neural network in order to recogni…

Measurement science centre opens in London
Added: 5 Jul 2019
The Community for Analytical Measurement Science, a membership network for training and innovation …

HIV virus eliminated with CRISPR and new antiretroviral therapy
Added: 4 Jul 2019
Replication-competent HIV-1 DNA – the virus responsible for AIDS – has been eliminated from the gen…

National Trust ends fossil fuel investments
Added: 4 Jul 2019
The National Trust has revealed that it will cease investment in fossil fuel companies in the inter…

Frozen sperm withstands microgravity
Added: 2 Jul 2019
Human sperm has been show to retain its viability within the gravitational conditions in space — wh…

Croc teeth suggest plant diet
Added: 2 Jul 2019
Differences in fossilised crocodile teeth suggest multiple ancient forms of crocodile were herbivor…

NASA to send rotorcraft to Titan
Added: 28 Jun 2019
NASA is planning to send a drone-like lander to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.

Oxford BioEscalator opens for medical startups
Added: 28 Jun 2019
The University of Oxford has opened a new innovation centre for early-stage medical science compani…

Drug Science launches medical cannabis pilot
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Drug Science has launched a national medical cannabis pilot with the aim of boosting medical cannab…

Graphene synthesised with eucalyptus bark
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Australian and Indian researchers have used a chemical from the bark of the eucalyptus tree for a n…

Google and Sanofi plan innovation lab
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Google and biopharmaceutical company Sanofi have partnered to develop a virtual innovation lab for …

Electrical pulses identify live bacteria
Added: 19 Jun 2019
A new bioelectrical device that can differentiate dead or alive bacteria within minutes could offer…

Table salt on Jupiter’s moon
Added: 18 Jun 2019
The yellow substance on the surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has been identified simply as sodium…

Patent triumph for CRISPR inventors
Added: 17 Jun 2019
The US Patent office has recently (May 28) issued a patent to the French biologist Emmanuelle Charp…

Riverlane raises £3.2M for quantum simulation
Added: 17 Jun 2019
Quantum computer software developer Riverlane has raised £3.25 million in seed funding.

Bitcoin causing city-sized CO2 emissions
Added: 17 Jun 2019
The digital currency bitcoin is responsible for CO2 emissions comparable to that of Las Vegas.

Plague bacterium located in Britain
Added: 6 Jun 2019
The first genetic evidence of the Justinian Plague in the British Isles suggests multiple strains o…

Lab-grown insect meat
Added: 6 Jun 2019
Researchers have outlined proposals for lab-grown insect meat as an alternative to harmful livestoc…