Lignin-based sunscreens show promise as sustainable UV protection
RESEARCHERS in China are developing wood-based sunscreen formulations as a more sustainable alter...
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China fusion reactor breaks theoretical density limit
NUCLEAR physicists have exceeded a long-standing theoretical density limit at an experimental fus...
Climeworks opens ‘world’s largest’ DAC research centre
CLIMEWORKS has opened its Direct Air Capture (DAC) Innovation Center in Zurich, Switzerland, whic...
Breakthrough bone marrow model could reduce need for animal testing
RESEARCHERS have replicated the body’s blood-producing system by creating a bone marrow model mad...
Deep-sea mining found to significantly reduce life on the seabed
MORE than a third of seafloor animals were found to have been wiped out by deep-sea mining activi...
£1bn investment aims to build UK’s first fully renewable-powered data centre network
FUTURE data centres in the UK could be powered entirely through domestic renewable energy, accord...
UK satellites track global water flows to strengthen climate modelling and industrial risk planning
TWO UK-built satellites have been launched into orbit to improve monitoring of the planet’s water...
MIT spin-out develops novel extraction tech to unlock US lithium reserves
A SPINOUT from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a new lithium extrac...
UK commits £75m to phasing out animal testing
ANIMAL TESTING in the UK could be largely phased out under a new £75m (US$99m) government plan to...
MIT researchers develop microscopic implants to treat brain inflammation
MIT RESEARCHERS have developed a hybrid technology to treat a range of neurological and brain-rel...
MIT researchers develop method to purify gene therapies ten times more quickly than current process
RESEARCHERS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method to purify gene...
Cambridge startup takes age-halting therapy to space
A CAMBRIDGE-BASED biotech is taking its anti-ageing therapy to space, aiming to fast-track the de...
European carbon capture developers shake up food-grade CO2
A DUTCH carbon capture firm has developed transportable, ready-to-use liquid CO2 that it says has...
Breakthrough in fusion: UKAEA suppresses plasma instabilities in world’s largest spherical tokamak
SCIENTISTS at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have successfully stabilised plasma instabil...
AstraZeneca strikes US$555m deal to commercialise AI-discovered immunology drugs
ASTRAZENECA has completed a deal worth up to US$555m to commercialise immunology therapies discov...
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