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April 14, 2023

Unlocking Beethoven’s DNA with locks of hair

A team of researchers from University of Cambridge — led by doctoral student Tristan Begg[1] — recently used five strands of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair to sequence the musician’s genome. Although ancient DNA studies...

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April 7, 2023

Lithium – from batteries to synthetic-Knex

A finite resource, we rely upon lithium for the majority of our rechargeable technology. However, to a synthetic chemist, lithium has a much deeper connection.

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April 1, 2023

Juice is set to journey to Jupiter’s icy moons

The European Space Agency’s Juice mission is set to launch this month towards Jupiter, exploring the potential for life on its subsurface ocean moons.

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March 29, 2023

How can a computer create art?

With a plethora of apps on the market capable of generating images rivalling human artists or even photographs, it may seem like magic. So how does it work?

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March 25, 2023

Negativity Bias

Why bad always seems to overpower good.

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March 11, 2023

What happens when wildlife crime meets the forensic zoologist?

A cross between ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ and ‘Life on Earth’, wildlife forensics is the emerging force that is driving the investigation of wildlife crime.

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February 21, 2023

Neurofeedback: When the brain gives us feedback on how we feel

Being able to see what our brain does when we don’t feel so well shows promising results in treating depression and anxiety. How does this treatment tool called neurofeedback work and why is it even more useful in the post-COVID-19 era?

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January 28, 2023

Tomato- Tomahto: How the Purple Ones Are Different

Nowadays, people are obsessed with everything natural, outvoting the GMO goods. But perhaps our next contestant can shift the paradigm: an awesome-looking purple tomato!

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