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By Health Correspondent The next generation of an artificial heart valve made from a new plastic material could be a step closer to bedside. The research, led by the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge, demonstrated that the polymer material used to make the new artificial heart valve is safe following
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By Science Correspondent Have you ever met someone who just doesn’t like music? While that might sound surprising, scientists now know there’s a real reason why – and it all comes down to the way the brain is wired. About ten years ago, researchers in Spain discovered a small
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By Science Correspondent Water is essential for life on Earth. So, the liquid must be a requirement for life on other worlds. For decades, scientists’ definition of habitability on other planets has rested on this assumption. But a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) challenges that idea.
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By Science Correspondent Astronomers at the University of Warwick have made a rare discovery: a nearby white dwarf star is likely the result of two stars merging into one — a cosmic event uncovered using the Hubble Space Telescope. The white dwarf, known as WD 0525+526, sits about 130 light-years
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By Science Correspondent A new study has revealed that while Tyrannosaurus rex had a skull built for powerful, crushing bites, other meat-eating dinosaurs like spinosaurs and allosaurs had much weaker bites and relied on slashing and tearing instead. Published in Current Biology, the research analysed the skulls of 18 species
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By Science Correspondent Scientists have discovered that jewel wasps can slow down their biological rate of ageing. A study of jewel wasps, known for their distinctive metallic colours, has shown that they can undergo a kind of natural ‘time-out’ as larvae before emerging into adulthood with this surprising advantage. The
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By Science Correspondent Scuba diving isn't just a fun vacation activity—it’s a global industry worth up to $20 billion a year, according to a new study published July 25 in Cell Reports Sustainability. The research shows that dive tourism not only boosts local economies by creating
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By Science Correspondent NASA’s new mission, TRACERS, has launched successfully and will soon begin studying how Earth’s magnetic field protects us from space weather. The twin satellites—short for Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites—lifted off Wednesday at 11:13 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space
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A new study by researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Université Paris Cité has revealed how ants actively adapt their wax layer to protect against dehydration, especially in rising temperatures. While it’s known that insects use a wax coating to retain moisture and communicate, this study is the
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By Science Correspondent A new study in collaboration with BAS scientists reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes significantly to carbon storage in the Southern Ocean – a process currently overlooked in climate models. A ground-breaking study published in Limnology and Oceanography reveals that small, but mighty, zooplankton—including
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By Science Correspondent Scientists can now identify individuals with nearly 97% accuracy—just by analyzing how they breathe. In a groundbreaking study published June 12 in Current Biology, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have shown that each person’s breathing pattern is as unique as a
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By Science Correspondent Innovators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are tapping into an abundant and often overlooked source of clean drinking water—the air around us. As pressure mounts on traditional water supplies like rivers and reservoirs, a new solution is emerging that could transform access to safe water
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By Science Correspondent A team of engineers at Massachusetts Institution of Technology (MIT) has developed a new way to produce low-emission hydrogen fuel—using recycled aluminum, seawater, and even a splash of caffeine. Hydrogen is often touted as a clean fuel, but most current production methods rely heavily on fossil
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By Jill Dando News A major crop boost is on ice – literally – as Britain sends hundreds of vegetable seed samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic, the world’s ultimate backup for our food future. The UK Vegetable Genebank at the University of Warwick has packed off
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By Science Correspondent Researchers from UCL and Edinburgh Napier University have developed a new method to turn cow dung into a valuable manufacturing material—cellulose—used in products ranging from surgical masks to food packaging. The technique, described in The Journal of Cleaner Production, uses an innovation called ‘pressurised spinning’
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By Jill Dando News Why do cats generally live longer than dogs? New research suggests that longer livespans of mammals like cats could be linked to their bigger brains and more complex immune systems. An international team of scientists led by the University of Bath studied evolutionary differences between mammal