The Next 20 Years Are Crucial in Determining the Economic Future of Coal
Decisions made now will determine whether economies win or lose money as the coal industry changes over the next couple of decades. Countries including Australia…
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70-Year-Old Coffee-Killing Fungus Brought Back to Life by Scientists – Here’s Why
Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how the disease evolved and how its spread can be prevented. Coffee…
Atlas of Malaria Parasite Genetic Activity Provides New Targets for Drugs and Vaccines
Researchers have mapped in fine detail the genetic changes malaria parasites go through as they prepare to infect people. The atlas maps the malaria parasite…
‘Last Resort’ Antibiotic Kills Bacteria by Popping Them Like Balloons
Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic of ‘last resort’ kills bacteria. The findings, from Imperial College London and the University of Texas, may also reveal…
Psychedelic Magic Mushroom Compound, Psilocybin, Performs at Least As Well as Leading Antidepressant
Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, may be at least as effective as a leading antidepressant medication in a therapeutic setting. This is the…
Surprising Research Reveals Photosynthesis Could Be As Old as Life Itself
Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think life evolved on Earth. The…
New Result From Large Hadron Collider Challenges Leading Theory in Physics – Cannot Be Explained by Our Current Laws of Nature
Imperial physicists are part of a team that has announced ‘intriguing’ results that potentially cannot be explained by our current laws of nature. The LHCb…
Researchers Discover Crucial Step in Formation of Deadly Brain Diseases
For the first time, researchers have pinpointed what causes normal proteins to convert to a diseased form, causing conditions like CJD and Kuru. The research…
Unexpected Life Lurking in Subglacial Lakes Isolated Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
Lakes underneath the Antarctic ice sheet could be more hospitable than previously thought, allowing them to host more microbial life. This is the finding of…
Rare Quadruple-Helix DNA Found in Living Human Cells With Glowing Probes
New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unraveling its role in cellular processes. DNA usually forms the…
Scientists Warn: Ice Sheet Uncertainties Could Mean Sea Level Will Rise More Than Predicted
Sea level could rise higher than current estimates by 2100 if climate change is unchallenged, according to a new assessment. Its authors say understanding the…
Control of Powerful Plasma Accelerators Improved With Artificial Intelligence
Researchers have used AI to control beams for the next generation of smaller, cheaper accelerators for research, medical and industrial applications. Experiments led by Imperial…
New Lab-on-a-Chip Could Enable Fast, Easy Testing for Colds, Flu, UTIs, and COVID-19 at Home
The chip, developed at Imperial College London and known as TriSilix, is a ‘micro laboratory’ which performs a miniature version of the polymerase chain reaction…
“Zombie Fires” in Peatlands, Which Release Devastating Amounts of Carbon, Could Be Dampened by New Findings
Imperial College London researchers have simulated for the first time how soil moisture content affects the ignition and spread of smoldering peat fires, which can…
Strange Precariously Balanced Rocks Provide Earthquake Forecasting Clues
Precariously balanced rocks (PBRs) are formations found throughout the world where a slender boulder is balanced precariously on a pedestal boulder. They form as blocks…
Genome of Alexander Fleming’s Original Penicillin Mold Sequenced for the First Time
Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mold for the first time and compared it to later versions. Alexander Fleming famously discovered the…
CovidNudge: Rapid 90-Minute COVID-19 Test Shown to Be Highly Accurate
A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 percent sensitivity, and 100% specificity in a new study. The work, published in the…
Unexpected Discovery of a 410-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forces Rethink of Shark Evolution
Sharks’ non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise. The discovery of a…
