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A leading nanomedicine researcher at The University of Manchester has secured a €1.5m (£1.3m) European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant to push forward pioneering research on Alzheimer's disease and glioblastoma.

Chronic pain impacts an estimated 20% of the world population and persists as a frustrating symptom for innumerable health issues.

For Sarah Sterling, the new director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy facility at MIT.nano, better planning and more communication leads to better science.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its Starting Grants.

Water quality in the River Wye catchment will not improve by focusing solely on managing the level of phosphate in the water, a new study shows. The chemical, which finds its way into the river from a range of sources, has been linked to a perceived increase in frequency and severity of algal blooms, which are harmful to the river's ecology, wildlife, and those using the river for fishing and swimming.

An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Glasgow, has launched a new Atlas of Ungulate Migration.

Chromatin is a structure in the cell nucleus that helps pack DNA tightly by wrapping it around proteins called histones.

We all know the adage, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." As we age, our ability to learn new skills, like mastering a foreign language or picking up a musical instrument, seems to fade.

Babies who have more diverse social contacts in the first years of their life can get over their prejudices more easily by the age of 17.

Science + Technology UCLA professor Stephanie White discusses what birds could teach us about communication Maybe it's that pesky little issue of lacking self-propelled flight, but as decidedly earthb

Environment + Climate Check out a sampling of a decade's worth of bird research by UCLA faculty and students California wildfire smoke linked to reduced bird activity and health Avian residents are facing challenging times as wildfires intensify across the state during the summer months. Wild megalopolis: Study shows unexpected pockets of biodiversity pepper Los Angeles Still, biologists say it will still be a challenge to elevate the overall level of biodiversity in the city.

Biodiversity is not a political programme: Only just 1.6 % of all documents searched at federal level make reference to the term.

A new technique, developed in a collaboration between Caltech and Macquarie University, could allow scientists to more simply and controllably alter the genetic makeup of wild populations than with the current proposed use of gene drives.

£1.1m award for pioneering ovarian cancer research project Researchers from the University of Glasgow have received £1.1m to support the development of new technologies which could improve the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer.

Five research projects at UCL are benefiting from over £800,000 in total funding announced by Muscular Dystrophy UK, to improve diagnosis, monitor progression and test potential new treatments for muscle wasting and weakening conditions.

MD/PhD candidate Sayo Eweje seeks to develop new technologies for delivering RNA and protein therapies directly to the body's cells.

Heidelberg researchers describe a new field of research to engineer precise immune responses from molecular constituents Synthetic immunology, an innovative field of research which could lead to fund

Yale paleoanthropologist Jessica Thompson proposes guidelines for the ethical study of ancient human DNA. The study of ancient DNA provides valuable insights into human history, including how ancient populations migrated and merged with each other. But discoveries drawn from this ancient genetic data can directly impact the living in unexpected and even harmful ways.

In 2022, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Dean Mobbs began to investigate the relationship between social media use and mental health and well-being.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Seirian Sumner (UCL Biosciences) explains where all the wasps have gone this summer and invites people to record insects, including wasps, that they see in flower patches as part of the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme.

Amulya Aluru '23, MEng '24 and the MIT Spokes have spent the summer spreading science, over 3,000 miles on two wheels.

Bonn researchers clarify the influence of treatment with tetrahydrocannabinol on the metabolic switch mTOR A low-dose long-term administration of cannabis can not only reverse aging processes in the brain, but also has an anti-aging effect. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn together with a team from Hebrew University (Israel) have now been able to show this in mice.

ANU immunologists give us advice on how to make sure the food in your kitchen doesn't leave you sprinting to the bathroom.

An invasive insect with an insatiable appetite can cause serious problems for a favorite native moth that likes the same food source - even though the two are never in direct competition for a meal, according to new research from University of Wisconsin-Madison ecologists.

MIT students who participated in the pilot program developed tools to rapidly screen for novel biosynthetic capabilities.

While it has been 18 years since Adrian Owen discovered consciousness in patients in a vegetative state, hardly a day has gone by when Western University's world-renowned neuroscientist doesn't connect back to his Eureka moment.

The software tool NeuroTrALE is designed to quickly and efficiently process large amounts of brain imaging data semi-automatically.

A new construction biomaterial that uses living microorganisms to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been developed by a UCL graduate student and colleagues.

Johns Hopkins alum helps Baltimore harbor wetland flourish Omar Lloyd, A&S '20, helped the National Aquarium bring a tidal salt marsh back to the Inner Harbor Hundreds of years ago, Baltimore's Inner

Four Imperial scientists have won prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grants to develop their research concepts.