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Mathematical modelling could help with personalised cancer care
A new study from the University of Southern California could pave the way for improving personalised lung cancer care and treatment. The research used mathematical modelling to examine if there was a link between the molecular and anatomical properties of lung cancer metastases, and whether this has an influence on how they spread through the […]
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Robots take inspiration from insects to track targets
The way insects visualise and hunt their prey could help improve autonomous robotic technology, according to a pioneering new study conducted by a team of engineers and neuroscientists from The University of Adelaide and Lund University. The research, published today in the Journal of Neural Engineering, developed an autonomous robot to test a target and […]
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Meet the European Journal of Physics Reviewer of 2016: Professor Carl Mungan
Despite winning the Reviewer of the Year Award, Professor Carl Mungan, of the US Naval Academy, USA, considers himself to be an ordinary faculty member doing his job. He reviews for EJP as a service to the greater community of physics educators and to improve the final articles published by the journal. Professor Mungan stands […]
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The most effective individual steps to tackle climate change aren’t being discussed
Governments and schools are not communicating the most effective ways for individuals to reduce their carbon footprints, according to new research. Published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the study from Lund University, found that the incremental changes advocated by governments may represent a missed opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beneath the levels […]
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Microbe study highlights Greenland ice sheet toxicity
The Greenland ice sheet is often seen as a pristine environment, but new research has revealed that may not be the case. A Danish-led study, published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, examined how microbes from the ice sheet have the potential to resist and degrade globally-emitted contaminants such as mercury, lead, PAH and […]
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Meet Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express' Reviewer of 2016: Dr Samuel Pichardo
Sitting on the frontiers of biology, physics and engineering, BPEX provides a home for scientifically sound, but conceptually marginal, studies. Interdisciplinary research is fast becoming the norm and, according to Dr Samuel Pichardo, from the Sunnybrook Research Institute in Canada, BPEX is gaining ground as an attractive journal for cross-disciplinary approaches. Helping to promote interdisciplinarity is […]
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Owls’ wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise
A new study has revealed how inspiration from owls’ wings could allow aircraft and wind turbines to become quieter. Researchers from Japan and China studied the serrations in the leading edge of owls’ wings, gaining new insight into how they work to make the birds’ flight silent. Their results, published today in the journal Bioinspiration […]
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Meet Biofabrication's Reviewer of the Year: Dr Daniela Duarte Campos
Dr Daniela Duarte Campos, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany Having formerly published work in Biofabrication as part of her PhD, Dr Daniela Duarte Campos felt motivated to act as a reviewer for the journal. She not only deems it important to provide expertise in the field of the proposed manuscripts, but also to reciprocate a […]
