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By Science Correspondent UK scientists and companies, including a team from University of Leicester, are playing a key role in a major international mission launched to improve understanding of how Earth is protected from the Sun. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission launched aboard a Vega-C rocket
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By Ethan Cooke, Good News Post Correspondent Playing with the grandkids is a sweet affair until, suddenly, you find yourself plunged into the grass, sore legs following. Has one of the adolescent rascals pushed you over, or is it something more unfortunate? The latter, it seems. The deterioration of knee
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By Health Correspondent Scientists at the University of Bristol say they have discovered a new way to detect the earliest signs of heart and kidney disease using a simple blood test. The research, published in Nature Communications, focuses on damage to tiny blood vessels that can occur long before serious
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By Science Correspondent Scientists have developed a faster, lower-cost way to study viruses that could one day help treat infections where antibiotics no longer work. A research team at the University of Leicester has created a new method to analyse bacteriophages — viruses that infect and destroy harmful bacteria — more efficiently.
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By Science Correspondent A team of international scientists has developed a powerful new way to track where soybeans are grown—offering a major step forward in tackling one of the world’s leading causes of deforestation. Researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, World Forest ID, the University of Sheffield
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By Health Correspondent Scientists say an existing type of drug could one day help treat a rare form of vascular dementia, after new research revealed how the disease damages blood vessels in the brain. The study, led by the University of Manchester with support from the University of Leicester, looked
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By Science Correspondent British scientists, including a team from Space Park Leicester, have launched microscopic worms to the International Space Station (ISS) in a groundbreaking experiment aimed at improving understanding of long-duration space travel. The project, led by the University of Exeter and built by the University of Leicester with
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By Science Correspondent Dogs may have been man’s best friend far earlier than scientists once believed, after a major breakthrough study pushed back their origins by more than 5,000 years. Researchers, including experts from UCL, have uncovered genetic evidence showing dogs were living alongside humans around 15,800
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By Health Correspondent Could the secret to living beyond 100 be hidden in your blood? Scientists in Switzerland have discovered that people who live past 100 may have blood that behaves more like someone decades younger. The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Geneva and University of
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By Science Correspondent A major scientific breakthrough could soon help people stay one step ahead of mosquitoes — and avoid those itchy, irritating bites. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Georgia Institute of Technology have uncovered how mosquitoes track humans, revealing the hidden patterns behind how they hunt. Using
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By Science Correspondent Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret in the fight against plastic pollution — bacteria that “team up” to destroy waste. In a major breakthrough, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that biodegradable plastic doesn’t break down on its own — it takes a whole community of
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By Science Correspondent Women scientists leading the fight against some of the world’s most dangerous diseases are celebrating a major milestone this International Women's Day. Researchers from across the globe have joined forces through the vaccine research network VALIDATE Network, which has now grown to more than
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By Science Correspondent Caterpillars are secretly keeping to a beat – and it could be the key to their survival. New research from the University of Warwick has revealed that some butterfly caterpillars use carefully timed rhythmic vibrations to communicate with ants, convincing them to offer food, protection and even a
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By Science Correspondent A major scientific breakthrough could help protect the world’s banana supply after researchers identified a crucial source of genetic resistance to a deadly fungal disease. Experts at the The University of Queensland have pinpointed the region of DNA that gives wild bananas resistance to Fusarium wilt
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By Science Correspondent Space scientists say they’ve found a bizarre planet system that turns everything we thought we knew upside down. Experts at the University of Warwick, using the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS telescope, have spotted a distant solar system that doesn’t follow the usual cosmic rulebook.
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By Science Correspondent A simple digital technique — including mentally playing the video game Tetris — could dramatically cut traumatic flashbacks, researchers say. In a new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry, healthcare workers who used the approach reported 10 times fewer intrusive memories after just four weeks. Six months later, 70%