All articles by Anthony King – Page 8
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NewsHand-powered centrifuge setup can diagnose Covid-19 for just a dollar a test
$5 centrifuge based on children’s toy part of raft of cheap technologies that can detect the virus in saliva in remote locations
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NewsExplainer: how is the vaccine pipeline for Covid-19 looking?
The race to develop a vaccine is almost six months old. Who’s in the lead?
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BusinessOil price crash ripples through chemicals production
Fuel production slowdown will favour more flexible refiners as demand for petrochemicals is stable or increasing
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NewsScience steps up a gear as struggle to both understand and fight coronavirus intensifies
Research that might have taken years is being turned around in months as journals fast-track Covid-19 manuscripts
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ResearchStructural studies offer glimpse of how coronavirus initiates human cell invasion
Researchers studying virus receptor-binding domains suggest virus could have passed directly from bats to humans
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ResearchPotent coronavirus drug candidate designed using 3D structure of key viral enzyme
Inhibitor of Sars-CoV-2 protease shows promise in early animal tests
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BusinessRNA vaccines are coronavirus frontrunners
Several groups have potential Sars-CoV-2 vaccines ready or close to testing, thanks to rapid development pathways
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ResearchDetailed 3D coronavirus spike map offers hope for vaccine development
Structure determined at ‘remarkable’ speed in little over a month
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FeatureAdjuvants: vaccines’ hidden helpers
Anthony King examines a crucial part of vaccines that can significantly boost their performance, but which often go unrecognised
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ResearchWater treatment byproducts linked to thousands of bladder cancers in Europe
Call for countries to do more to drive down levels of trihalomethanes produced during disinfection
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BusinessRevived Alzheimer’s antibody met with guarded optimism
Biogen’s aducanumab offers the possibility to slow disease progress, but regulators will likely want more convincing evidence
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ResearchTyre crumb toxicology study raises questions about artificial turf
First work in vertebrates reveals developmental abnormalities in chicken embryos
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ReviewExhibition: Plastic
This exhibition wrestles with the conundrums of plastic – cheap to make, expensive to dispose of; it can last forever, but is often used only once.
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NewsTwitter reveals growing global public anxiety about Crispr gene-editing
Sentiment in tweets shows controversial events such as creation of gene-edited babies is worrying people
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FeatureStem cell hype
Many clinics around the world offer unproven treatments, while genuine therapies are slowly making their way through trials. Anthony King reports
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ReviewExhibition: Perfection
Dublin’s Science Gallery invites you to go and question your own definition of ‘perfect’
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ResearchWood microfluidics carve out a niche
Teflon-coated wood devices perform as well as plastic equivalents but face some challenges before they can realise their clinical and sustainable potential
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NewsAustralian basic research squeezed as R&D to fall to lowest level for decades
Researchers call for end of benign neglect for science as funding predicted to fall to 40-year low
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ResearchNanotube catalysts spring into action on microplastic waste
Helical carbon nanotubes activate an oxidant that produces polymer-degrading free radicals
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ResearchSilica aerogel could heat the surface of Mars enough to sustain life
Insulating material could replicate the effects of Earth’s atmosphere on the red planet, warming it by 50°C