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    As FT science editor, Clive Cookson covers the whole span of science worldwide, from medicine and biology to physics and space exploration, including research funding and policy issues. He worked previously as science correspondent for BBC Radio. Clive was named British Science Journalist of the Year 2022.
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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      UK universities
      Investment in UK university spinouts falls after decade of growth

      Country’s biggest investor in businesses commercialising academic research calls for action to spur funding

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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Mental health
      Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, researchers find

      Cambridge university study contradicts common belief in psychology that it is better to talk about distressing ideas and memories

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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      DeepMind uses AI to predict harmful genetic mutations in humans

      First example of artificial intelligence helping to accelerate diagnosis of diseases caused by genetic variants

      An artist’s illustration of how artificial intelligence can predict patterns in biology
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
      The microbiome: a benign infection to help keep disease at bay

      Huge resources devoted to examining links with illness

      A pair of hands holding a box of vials
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      UK researchers start using AI for air traffic control

      Project Bluebird is looking at how artificial intelligence could reduce the environmental impact of aviation

      NATS UK24 showing aircraft movements over the UK over a 24-hour period
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Medical science
      UK scientists develop 10-minute blood test to diagnose diseases

      Finger-prick technology on mobile device can detect long Covid and Alzheimer’s

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    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      UK politics
      UK to rejoin EU Horizon research programme

      Scientists and business welcome plan for Britain to go back into multilateral project

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    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Global Economy
      Biodiversity body warns of $423bn annual hit from ‘invasive alien species’

      Animals and plants that have been moved beyond natural habitats pose costly threat to farming, fishing and wildlife

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    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      Space odysseys — trips to discover the cosmos

      Three books explore the future of galactic travel and the sights and experiences that await

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    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      Science
      Taking ‘bold’ bets: new UK agency prepares to fund breakthrough technologies

      Head of Advanced Research and Invention Agency tells FT it has appointed directors charged with selecting projects

      Ilan Gur, chief executive of Aria,
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      ExplainerFukushima nuclear accident
      How risky is Japan’s release of radioactive water from Fukushima?

      Planned discharge from stricken nuclear plant has sparked international controversy, but most experts say it is safe

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    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Neurotechnology
      Brain implants give a voice to people who cannot speak

      Scientists use electrodes and AI programs to turn thoughts into speech via a lifelike avatar

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    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Medical science
      MRI scan better than blood test at spotting prostate cancer, study finds

      Results could form basis of a screening programme for most common male tumour

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    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Medical science
      Transplanted pig kidneys provide ‘life-sustaining’ functions in human for first time

      Successful study advances prospects of xenotransplantation, using engineered organs from animals

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      Neurotechnology
      Pink Floyd strike a chord as scientists recreate song from brain activity

      ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ study could help people with severe neurological damage to communicate

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      Climate change
      Antarctica’s ‘staggering’ exposure to climate change worsens global threat

      Study warns of need to protect region as rising temperatures create a ‘new world’ with far less ice

      Melting icebergs on Horseshoe Island
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      The Big Read
      Missing ice and bleached coral: the sudden warming of the oceans

      Record temperatures are causing disruptions and destruction to the world’s seas from Antarctica to Florida

    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      Medical science
      Bacteria in mosquito guts trialled as weapon against malaria

      Scientists hail ‘entirely novel approach’ to controlling a disease that kills more than 600,000 a year

      A demonstration of how to use a mosquito net
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Glasgow university spinout raises $43mn to ‘digitise chemistry’

      Chemify’s technology aims to remove bottleneck of producing molecules in the lab

      Chemify chief executive Professor Lee Cronin
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      ExplainerWar in Ukraine
      How big is the risk of nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant?

      Robust design and recent safety measures boost facility’s resilience despite seizure by Russia, experts say

      A view of the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Climate change
      Global warming threatens collapse of Atlantic currents this century, new study finds

      Shutdown of ocean flows would likely lead to more stormy winters and drier summers in Europe

      A wide expanse of the sea
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Science
      Sunak to push back decision on UK rejoining Horizon until after summer

      Scientists’ hopes for end to delay on access to EU research programme look to be dashed

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    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      Dementia
      Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression

      Dementia experts hail ‘watershed moment’ after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment

      Alzheimer’s patient brain scans, provided by Eli Lilly
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      Medical science
      Measles resurgence in London could infect thousands, warns health body

      UK health security agency says low vaccination rates make capital vulnerable to a damaging outbreak

      A nurse gives a pre-school booster and second dose of MMR immunisation jab to a girl, aged 3
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Space industry
      UK needs better space strategy as global race picks up, warn MPs

      Commons science committee calls for improved leadership from government and collaboration between regulators

      SaxaVord satellite launch pad in Shetlands
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