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Health

Bone protein could provide cure for diabetics

A protein primarily used to help mend bones can also force pancreatic cells to produce insulin. The discovery made by researchers at the Diabetes Research Institute in Florida could mean…

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Health

New manufacturing training centre to open in Coventry

Business Secretary Sajid Javid is to formally open the Lloyds Bank Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre (AMTC), located on the campus of the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), today in Coventry.

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Electronics & CommunicationsOpportunities

Physicists find rapid heating method

Research conducted by theoretical physicists from Imperial College London have found a way to rapidly heat materials to temperatures hotter than the center of the Sun by using lasers.

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SpaceOpportunities

New rocket engine is a game-changer

The Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine known as Sabre, has entered into development after attracting significant investment.

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Electronics & Communications

Roadmap for quantum technology laid out

At a launch event being held at The Royal Society, the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP) announced plans to capitalise on the advances being made in the quantum sector.

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Health

Possible step towards curing HIV

The non-toxic drug Antabuse, also called disulfiram, which is currently used as an anti-alcohol drug, could be given to those suffering from HIV.

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Space

British astronaut ready for liftoff

Tim Peake, a British astronaut, is undergoing his final training session near Moscow at the Star City centre, along with two other astronauts before heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in December.

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HealthBreakthroughs

New nanotechnology has potential to help an artificial kidney

Scientists from the University of Vanderbilt and the University of California have developed new nanotechnology that could help surgically implantable, artificial kidneys to filter blood.

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Health

Baby beats leukemia by having gene therapy

Last week, a one-year-old girl was saved from leukemia by undergoing experimental gene therapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Space

Astrophysicist wins early-career award at IOP

The annual 'Very Early Career Female Physicist Award' (VECFPA) was awarded to Jena Meinecke, a junior research fellow at Oxford University, who recreated a miniature supernovae in the lab.

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