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Results for 'Innovation'

Industry demand drives innovation

Less-established universities form strong business links to learn what the market needs.
Leigh Dayton

News 8 Dec 2021
Wolbachia goes to work in the war on mosquitoes

The bacterium has helped combat dengue, but can it be used to purge other mosquito-borne diseases?
Sandy Ong

News feature 2 Nov 2021
An mRNA vaccine industry in the making

The technology could form the basis of a new generation of vaccines for diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria.
Neil Savage

News 29 Oct 2021
Uneven attention hampers the drive to control infectious diseases

Despite notable success stories, many conditions still present a complex challenge.
Sarah DeWeerdt

News feature 28 Oct 2021
Pressure on ARIA to juggle risk in the pursuit of breakthroughs

To elicit the most impact from science spending, the new UK funder will need to experiment judiciously
Elisabeth Jeffries

News 14 Sep 2021
The must-have multimillion-dollar microscopy machine

Cryo-EM facilities are exponentially improving protein resolution for structural biologists. Access to this vastly expensive equipment is subject to the availability of highly skilled operators.
James Mitchell Crow

News feature 31 Aug 2021
Google Scholar reveals its most influential papers for 2021

Early clinical observations of COVID-19 and its mortality risk factors among the most cited output, while a five-year-old AI paper continues to command attention.
Bec Crew

Listings 24 Aug 2021
AI writing tools promise faster manuscripts for researchers

Automation brings plagiarism risks, and software still needs human input for analysis and narrative.
Andy Tay

News 17 Aug 2021
Birds of paradise reveal a dark secret

Super-black feathers at the interface of biology, photonics and materials science.
Katharine Sanderson

News 5 Jul 2021
High-entropy alloys expand their range

New metal mixes create more efficient catalysts and better jet engines.
Neil Savage

News feature 5 Jul 2021
Machines learn to unearth new materials

Materials genome initiatives sift big data.
Neil Savage

Technology feature 5 Jul 2021
How nanotechnology can flick the immunity switch

Nano immuno-engineering shows promise against autoimmune conditions, cancer and allergies.
Bianca Nogrady

News feature 5 Jul 2021
High-performing places in the materials world

Four heavyweights and a rising star, in highlights.
Tanner Maxwell et al.

Dataviz 5 Jul 2021
Makers and shakers

Three researchers making a material difference.
Catherine Armitage, Sandy Ong & Sian Powell

News feature 5 Jul 2021
Materials science shows strength

Stuff of hope in the search for solutions to intractable problems.
Catherine Armitage

Comment 5 Jul 2021
Ferroelectric materials prompt a rethink of matter

Surprising qualities point to next-generation electronics.
Chris Woolston

News feature 5 Jul 2021
China’s leading researchers set their sights on new frontiers

China sets lofty goals as it vies for global dominance in the highly competitive fields of quantum science, space exploration and nanocatalysis.
Hepeng Jia , Sian Powell & Kevin Schoenmakers

News feature 27 May 2021
What I learned writing a science paper for a 10-year-old

"It’s amazing how much you can learn from the children reviewers."
Andy Tay

News 27 Apr 2021
Call for human rights protections on emerging brain-computer interface technologies

Industry self-regulation is not enough, say AI researchers.
Leigh Dayton

News 16 Mar 2021
Support for new tech, young researchers is key to global COVID-19 exit strategy

A new report urges policy-makers to heed the "wake-up call" of the pandemic and shore up research and innovation systems.
Leigh Dayton

News 24 Feb 2021