The modern human brain developed around 1.7 million years ago in Africa, according to a study published in Science (1). This involved not only an increase in brain size but
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A team of German scientists develop a new implantable sensor with promising results, according to a study published in Nano Letters (1). When implanted in rats, the new gold nanoparticle
EU launches European Innovation Council (EIC) to invest €10bn in science and tech innovation
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The European Union (EU), under the Portuguese Presidency, announced last week (18th March 2021) the launch of the new European Innovation Council (EIC), which aims to identify and develop revolutionary
Researchers and doctors from several centres across Germany, including the German Cancer Research Center, and the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), carried out the first clinical trial to test
A team of researchers from Pompey Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, designed a device using printed cells on paper that work together just like a computer, according to a study
Artificial Intelligence (AI) model shows how disease-causing bacteria, like E. coli for example, cause infection by injecting a cocktail of many different proteins knows as effectors into the host cell.
The collision that wiped out the dinosaurs from the face of the Earth began at the very edges of our solar system, according to a study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports (1).
The Arctic Ocean is being “pervasively” polluted with plastic microfibres that are likely shed by synthetic clothing in the washing machine, according to a new study published on 12 January
While the natural world continues to shrink, the ‘anthropogenic mass’ – the mass of all human-made materials created since the Industrial revolution, including houses, cars, roads, and aeroplanes – has
The capacity of cells to repair and regenerate themselves declines with age, however, reprogramming certain cells to become ‘younger’ could potentially reverse the biological clock and restore vision, according to