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Extremophiles inhabit some of the most extreme places on Earth. Image credit - Steve Jurvetson, licensed under CC BY 2.0

Frontier research

10 June 2021

Extremophiles could hold clues for climate change-tackling technologies

Researchers are investigating links between microbes and rare earth elements.

A circular bioeconomy turns waste streams into new products. Image credit - Josh Power / Unsplash

Environment

08 June 2021

What is the bioeconomy and how could it help fight climate change?

We asked five young bioeconomy researchers to set out their vision.

People who were marginalised before the coronavirus were disproportionately impacted by the situation. Image credit - Rémi Walle / Unsplash

Coronavirus outbreak

07 June 2021

How vulnerable groups were left behind in pandemic response

Future preparedness plans should account for socioeconomic and cultural differences, say researchers.

Frontier research | 10 June 2021

Extremophiles could hold clues for climate change-tackling technologies

Researchers are investigating links between microbes and rare earth elements.

Environment | 08 June 2021

What is the bioeconomy and how could it help fight climate change?

We asked five young bioeconomy researchers to set out their vision.

Coronavirus outbreak | 07 June 2021

How vulnerable groups were left behind in pandemic response

Future preparedness plans should account for socioeconomic and cultural differences, say researchers.

Derived from fossil fuels, plastic is a vital part of modern life but a lack of recycling and proper disposal has tainted its production, use and consumption. Image credit - Marc Newberry / Unsplash

Environment | 03 June 2021

Car parts, ski boots and boxes: How broken or used plastic is being given new life

Scientists are developing new ways to cut plastic waste.

The GRIFFIN project is seeking to create prototypes of highly autonomous, ultra-lightweight robot birds. Image credit - GRVC Robotics Lab

Frontier research | 01 June 2021

Bird-like robots could assist in medical emergencies and hunt down drones

Inspired by nature, new prototypes can flap, glide and perch.

For Dr van der Hoek, virus hunting begins when a medical doctor flags a disease that appears to be infectious. Image credit - Lia van der Hoek

Dr Lia van der Hoek, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands

Interview | 20 May 2021

‘I have the hypothesis that some viruses may be beneficial.’

Dr Lia van der Hoek discovered a new human coronavirus in 2003.

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European science: The next generation

In June, as the EU looks to the future with its R&I Days event, we hear from young researchers about how science can tackle global challenges.

Environment | 03 June 2021

Car parts, ski boots and boxes: How broken or used plastic is being given new life

Scientists are developing new ways to cut plastic waste.

Frontier research | 01 June 2021

Bird-like robots could assist in medical emergencies and hunt down drones

Inspired by nature, new prototypes can flap, glide and perch.

Biopolymers derived from trees and crops are already used to make car interiors. Image credit - Monsterkoi / Pixabay

Environment | 31 May 2021

Why scientists want to turn tree bark and compost into aircraft wings and plastic bags

Bio-based products could wean us off petroleum but won’t solve our plastic problem on their own.

Over the past two decades, there has been growing concern over the number of drugs entering sewage systems in the waste being flushed down drains. Image credit - aitoff / Pixabay

Environment | 27 May 2021

Recovering drugs from sewers could reduce harm to wildlife

Most medicines or their by-products end up in the environment through the waste water we flush away.

Although antibiotics are often used to help combat infections in poultry flocks, overuse can lead bacteria to evolve resistance to the drugs. Image credit - Karol Klajar / Unsplash

Agriculture | 26 May 2021

Virus cocktails and ice guns could help to tackle food poisoning risk

Bacterial infections can pose a risk to poultry flocks and to human health

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The sun and us

This week, the Naked Scientists look into the science of sunlight, from the past to the future.

From Nautilus

‘Probiotic epidemics’ could help species survive

Beneficial microbes might spread through a population in the same way as infectious diseases.

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Image credit - Bob Blaylock, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Creatures revived after 24,000 years in permafrost

Microscopic organisms called bdelloid rotifers were still able to reproduce.

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According to Prof. Bekeredjian-Ding, an approved mRNA coronavirus vaccine would be easier and faster to produce and thus deploy worldwide than a conventional vaccine. Image credit - Unsplash/Liliya Lisa

Five things you need to know about: mRNA vaccines

PCR, antigen and antibody: Five things to know about coronavirus tests

It’s normal for people to experience fever, fatigue or pain at the site of the injection in the first one or two days after the vaccine. Image credit - pexels.com/Gustavo Fring, licenced under pexels licence

Five things you need to know about: mRNA vaccine safety

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Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation magazine | European Commission

Extremophiles could hold clues for climate change-tackling technologies

What is the bioeconomy and how could it help fight climate change?

How vulnerable groups were left behind in pandemic response

Extremophiles could hold clues for climate change-tackling technologies

What is the bioeconomy and how could it help fight climate change?

How vulnerable groups were left behind in pandemic response

Car parts, ski boots and boxes: How broken or used plastic is being given new life

Bird-like robots could assist in medical emergencies and hunt down drones

‘I have the hypothesis that some viruses may be beneficial.’

European science: The next generation

Environment | 03 June 2021

Car parts, ski boots and boxes: How broken or used plastic is being given new life

Frontier research | 01 June 2021

Bird-like robots could assist in medical emergencies and hunt down drones

Why scientists want to turn tree bark and compost into aircraft wings and plastic bags

Recovering drugs from sewers could reduce harm to wildlife

Virus cocktails and ice guns could help to tackle food poisoning risk

From the naked scientists

The sun and us

From Nautilus

‘Probiotic epidemics’ could help species survive

From around the web

Creatures revived after 24,000 years in permafrost

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