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  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    Scientific research
    UK signs first post-Brexit life science agreement with Sweden

    Countries commit to deepen scientific ties after EU exit leaves Britain outside European research programme

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Agritech
    Plant scientists welcome UK bill to deregulate crop engineering

    Campaigners warn against loosening of gene editing rules made possible by Brexit

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Science
    Gene editing enables tomatoes to make ‘sunshine vitamin’

    Development could advance global efforts to tackle vitamin D deficiency affecting around 1bn people

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Scientific research
    How one professor moved his research to a new country — and took his laboratory, too

    Packing up a workspace is a huge task but one Oxford scientist did just that — and his team have now joined him in the Netherlands

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    News in-depthSpace exploration
    Nasa tests new spacecraft to guard Earth against asteroid strikes

    Dart planetary defence mission will inform future response to Armageddon-style threats

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
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    Science best combats misinformation by openness, not taboos

    From silence over animal experiments to engaging on research methods, Covid vaccine coverage is a big step forward

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
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    Eurozone central bank treads line between stabilising inflation and helping countries borrow

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
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    Move could boost global development of drugs to ease antimicrobial resistance

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
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    UK launches world-first ‘subscription’ model for antibiotic supply

    Fixed fee aims to incentivise pharma groups to develop new drugs and curb overprescription

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Scientific research
    Imperial College reinforces European links with French partnership

    Threat of UK exclusion from EU research may prompt other universities to establish bilateral links

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
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    Sub-atomic particle discovery adds impetus to push into ‘new physics’

    Findings on mass of W boson challenge Standard Model that underpins how we understand structure of universe

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Pollution
    Almost all the world’s population breathes harmful air, says WHO

    New database reveals 99% of people on the planet are exposed to air pollution above safe limits

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
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    Sarah Al Amiri’s challenge was to build up the Gulf state’s small scientific community as fast as possible

  • Saturday, 19 March, 2022
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    Rising temperatures are already causing disruption to weather patterns, but there is still time to act

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
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    Grants for UK-Russian research projects suspended

    British government funding agency pauses payments following invasion of Ukraine

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
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    How can genomic sequencing spot the next coronavirus variant?

    Discovery of new strain that combines elements of Delta and Omicron shows importance of surveillance

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
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    World’s first pig heart transplant patient dies 2 months later

    Scientists believe advances in xenotransplant research can provide new sources of vital organs

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
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    International atomic watchdog sees no immediate threat from power outage at decommissioned disaster plant

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
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    Damage to captured Zaporizhzhia plant was limited but there was unanimous criticism of the assault

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
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    The scientist has strengthened her organisation’s finances and formulated a more outward-looking strategy

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
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    Quantum gravity sensor opens window into world beneath our feet

    New device can map objects hidden underground, from utility ducts to archaeological remains

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Rethink plans to scrap free UK Covid tests, say scientists and health officials

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  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
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    Scientists and US security officials show how cargo is being shipped from Africa to Asia

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    Scientific research
    Scientists campaign for UK and Switzerland to join EU programme

    Excluding colleagues from Horizon Europe over political disputes is ‘sadomasochistic’

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