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Rhamnolipids show promise in AMR fight
Added: 11 Sep 2019
Small biosurfactant molecules known as rhamnolipids could be the key to ending antibiotic resistanc…
Scalable membrane could filter greenhouse gases
Added: 11 Sep 2019
A new membrane filtration could be used to separate greenhouse gases from waste emissions on an ind…
Intestinal microbiota shows potential as diagnostic tool
Added: 10 Sep 2019
The composition of intestinal microbiology can influence chances of developing bowel cancer, resear…
$5.8M for renewable photocatalytic converter
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Houston-based plasmonics company Syzygy has raised $5.8 million to develop its eco-friendly photoca…
Black hole image wins $3M Breakthrough Prize
Added: 6 Sep 2019
The team behind the first ever image of a black hole has been awarded the 2020 Breakthrough Prize i…
AI biomarker predicts heart attacks
Added: 5 Sep 2019
A new AI-powered imaging biomarker is said to predict hearts attacks at least five years before the…
Medipath adds AI diagnostics to pathology labs
Added: 5 Sep 2019
AI diagnostics company Ibex Medical Analytics has partnered Medipath, the largest network of privat…
Scaled-down reactor turns greenhouse gas into fuel
Added: 4 Sep 2019
A newly-developed reactor containing a 2D catalyst is able to covert atmospheric CO2 into pure liqu…
WHO joins Plan S
Added: 3 Sep 2019
The World Health Organisation has become the first United Nations agency to join Plan S, the global…
Drought-resistant cereal gene isolated
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Plant scientists have identified a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley that could lea…
International research projects get £3.6M
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Research England has divvied up £3.6 million for eight research institutions in the UK to help fund…
Hogweed turned into carbon material for electrodes
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Hogweed is being put to use to manufacture electrodes for supercapacitors.
Oldest parasitic DNA found in coprolite
Added: 28 Aug 2019
The oldest parasite DNA ever recorded has been discovered in fossilised puma faeces.
BES plans ‘double blind’ peer review trial
Added: 23 Aug 2019
The British Ecological Society has announced it will be conducting a randomised trial to determine …
Calcium ion used as micro engine
Added: 23 Aug 2019
Theoretical physicists have used the intrinsic angular momentum of a calcium ion to effectively tur…
2D stack provides thermal isolation in electronics
Added: 22 Aug 2019
An insulator only 10 atoms deep could significantly reduce heat emissions in electronic devices whi…
Oldest stegosaur found in Morocco
Added: 21 Aug 2019
Remains of the oldest stegosaur, dating to the Middle Jurassic period, have been found in Morocco.
RC of Pathologists opens new £12M HQ
Added: 20 Aug 2019
The Royal College of Pathologists has relocated its headquarters to a new £12 million office in Ald…
Signals suggest black hole swallowed neutron star
Added: 19 Aug 2019
Gravitational wave detectors have registered evidence of a black hole swallowing a neutron star for…
NASA data suggests early Jupiter smash
Added: 16 Aug 2019
Gravitational readings from NASA’s Juno spacecraft suggest Jupiter collided with a still-forming pl…
