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 Improving Brain Tumour Treatment

Temozolomide, a chemotherapy drug discovered and developed by CRUK scientists, changed brain tumour treatment forever.

Interview With Dr Thomas Clayson, Chief Technology Officer Of Magdrive, A UK Space Tech Startup Developing Next-generation Spacecraft Propulsion.

Their system has over ten times the thrust of similar size electric propulsion systems, with applications including satellite servicing and deep space transport.

Interview With Gavin Wheeldon, Founder And CEO Of Purple

Purple is a cloud-based technology company providing software to transform venues into intelligent-tech hubs. It helps thousands of businesses across the globe to get the most out of WiFi available in public spaces.

First-Of-Its-Kind Study Shows How Traffic Pollution Impairs Brain Function

They effectively demonstrate the acute effects of air pollution on the human brain in a way never before shown.

DARPA And NASA Plan Orbital Nuclear Rocket Test

NASA and DARPA have agreed to develop and test a nuclear rocket engine in space as soon as 2027.

Plant Discovery Could Lead To Wider Use Of Bee-Friendly Pesticides

Thanks to a new discovery a bee-friendly pesticide could soon be cheaper and easier to produce.

Scientists Describe Lifestyle Choices That Can Slow Memory Decline

In this group the combination of several healthy lifestyle behaviours also slowed the rate of memory decline, suggesting significant benefits can be garnered from lifestyle changes even in those with a genetic risk for Alzheimer's.

Big Study Uncovers 22 Links Between Viral Infections And Brain Disease

New research looking at health records from nearly half a million people has identified 22 different associations between viral infections and neurodegenerative diseases.

CRISPR's First Decade Only Scratches The Surface Of Its Potential

In the decade since, CRISPR-Cas9 has spun off multiple variants, expanding into a comprehensive toolbox that can edit the genetic code of life.

GPT-3'S Aims To Be Diagnosing Alzheimer's Through Speech

As this technology develops, it might become a crucial tool to help doctors make better diagnoses.

Google Scrambles To Catch Up In The Wake Of OpenAI's ChatGPT

Between debates about how bots like ChatGPT will impact everything from academics to journalism, folks have suggested ChatGPT may end Google's reign in search.

After Solving Protein Folding, The Next Step For AI Is To Predict Protein Behaviour In The Body

Kinases can catalyse over 90,000 known phosphorylation sites in proteins. The dataset, when fed into AlphaFold, RoseTTAFold, their variants, could help them better predict how proteins dynamically change shape and interact in cells.