Research News
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Implant infections could be banished thanks to scaffold breakthrough
Researchers in Ireland have taken a major step forward in the battle against medical implant infections. They developed a new type of implant scaffold to provide localised drug treatment and prevent infection, which has already proven effective against two types of major problem bacteria. Publishing their results today in the journal Biomedical Materials, the team […]
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Global diet and farming methods ‘must change for environment’s sake’
Reducing meat consumption and using more efficient farming methods globally are essential to stave off irreversible damage to the environmental, a new study says. The research, from the University of Minnesota, also found that future increases in agricultural sustainability are likely to be driven by dietary shifts and increases in efficiency, rather than changes between […]
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Temperature changes starting to make it easier for malaria to climb the Ethiopian highlands
The highlands of Ethiopia are home to the majority of the country’s population, the cooler climate serving as a natural buffer against malaria transmission. New data now show that increasing temperatures over the past 35 years are eroding this buffer, allowing conditions more favourable for malaria to begin climbing into highland areas. That is the […]
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Could renewable ‘power-by-wire’ help fix China’s air pollution problems?
Bringing renewable power ‘by wire’ from western China to its power-hungry Eastern cities could have benefits for both local air quality and global climate change, new research has found. The study, published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, examined if ongoing power transmission capacity investment in China – driven largely by concerns over air […]
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Study proves viability of quantum satellite communications
Researchers in Canada have taken a significant step towards enabling secure quantum communication via moving satellites, as announced by the Canadian Government in April 2017. Their study, published today in the new journal Quantum Science and Technology, demonstrates the first quantum key distribution transmissions from a ground transmitter to a quantum payload on a moving […]
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3D printing breakthrough heralds ‘new era’ for advanced skin models
Scientists in South Korea have come up with a new method for 3D printing human skin, which both shortens the process and reduces the cost. Reporting their results today in the journal Biofabrication, the team from Pohang University of Science and Technology demonstrate a new 3D cell printing strategy, for engineering a 3D human skin […]
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Rising sea levels leave US coastal areas facing increased flood risk by 2050
US coastal areas should prepare for more frequent and more severe flooding in the next 35 years and beyond, a new study has warned. According to the research, carried out by Princeton and Rutgers universities, without cutting carbon emissions, the US coastline’s risk of a ‘100-year flood’ is likely to see an average 40-fold increase […]
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Physicists add amplifier to quantum communication toolbox
High-security data encryption could be applied over greater distances thanks to latest demonstration, result also benefits scalable memory systems. Quantum encryption using single photons is a promising technique for boosting the security of communication systems and data networks, but there are challenges in applying the method over large distances due to transmission losses. Using conventional […]
