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Health

A significant step forward in scientists’ understanding of Alzheimer’s disease

Amit Malewar

New discovery could offer significant answers on Alzheimer’s disease.

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AI & Machine Learning

New AI prediction model targets infection more accurately

Jay Kakade

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have demonstrated a novel approach to deal with the infections. The team has described the use of artificial...

The Radiation Detected Resonance Ionisation Spectroscopy setup, located downstream of the UNILAC accelerator, rotating target wheel and velocity filter, SHIP.
Chemistry

Researchers explore the nuclear structure of fermium and nobelium isotopes

Ashwini Sakharkar

The study shed light on what happens at the extremes of neutron and proton numbers.

Users network and polarization.
Social Science

Anti-immigration content: A study on social media

PLOS

Few Twitter users dominate most UK-based anti-immigration content, leading to rapid spread and high polarization.

Ceoptera evansae
Science

A new species of Jurassic pterosaur found on the Isle of Skye

Amit Malewar

The new pterosaur is part of the Darwinoptera clade of pterosaurs.

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Health

Breast cancer metastasis could stop by Biomedical compound

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Scientists discover way to block breast cancer metastasis.

Image showing atomistic structure of the crystalline material.
Quantum Computing

Algorithmic innovation enables sustainable technology from atoms to materials

Vidya Nagalwade

New materials are required for a net-zero and sustainable future.

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Space

The mineralogy of the rocks determines how deadly a meteorite impact is

Amit Malewar

Size doesn’t matter!

Earth’s magnetic field weakens every 200 million years
Science

Earth’s magnetic field weakens every 200 million years

Amit Malewar

Further evidence of an approximately 200 million-year long cycle in the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field.

A mobile robotic scientist capable of carrying out experiments by itself.
Robotics

A mobile robot scientist capable of carrying out experiments by itself

Amit Malewar

It can work 24/7, make its own decisions about which chemistry experiments to perform next.

Fish experience pain, study
Science

Fish can experience pain, study

Amit Malewar

Fish also perform competing for tasks less well when treated with a putative painful stimulus.

Child being administered rotavirus vaccine Photo by Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Health

Study predicts modest impact from additional dose of rotavirus vaccine

Pranjal Malewar

Giving children an additional dose of rotavirus vaccine when they are nine months old would provide only a modest improvement in the vaccine’s effectiveness.

Elephantiasis and river blindness could be eliminated faster with new molecule
Health

Elephantiasis and river blindness could be eliminated faster with new molecule

Amit Malewar

Elephantiasis (lymphatic filariasis) causes severe swelling in the arms, legs, breasts or genitals that can become very painful, and river blindness (onchocerciasis) causes severe...

New project to discover what words babies know
Science

New project to discover what words babies know

Amit Malewar

When do babies start to talk? What are their first words? Do girls really learn to talk earlier? How does living in poverty affect...

Earth's crust
Science

New insight into Earth’s crust, mantle and outer core interactions

Amit Malewar

A new study by the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the Universities of Lancaster and Oslo enlightens a correlation between the movement of plate...

Scientists discovered a wonder drug for alcohol use disorder ineffective
Health

Scientists discovered a wonder drug for alcohol use disorder ineffective

Amit Malewar

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have recently highlighted the ineffectiveness of a specific drug treatment for alcohol use disorders. Baclofen is a pharmaceutical which has been...

Researchers identified a protein that spreads breast cancer to lungs
Health

Researchers identified a protein that spreads breast cancer to lungs

Editorial Team

Specialists from the University's Institute of Translational Medicine have discovered a clarification for how breast cancer spreads to the lungs, which could possibly hold...

Reading Good Book may Help Ease Chronic Pain
Social Science

Reading Good Book may Help Ease Chronic Pain

Amit Malewar

Chronic pain lasts for a long time. Many conditions can cause chronic pain, but sometimes it begins mysteriously. Although, it is an unpleasant sensory...

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Chemistry

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Invention

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Invention

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Wildlife

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Wildlife