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    Michael Peel

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    Michael Peel has been science editor of the Financial Times since October 2023. He covers all elements of science, from the sub-microscopic to the cosmic.

    Michael is a chemistry graduate and has been an FT journalist for more than 25 years, including postings in Lagos, Abu Dhabi, Bangkok and Brussels. He has been seconded in Tokyo as executive editor of Nikkei Asia. He is the author of The Fabulists: How Myth-makers Rule in an Age of Crisis (Paperback 2021) and A Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria’s Oil Frontier (2009), which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.

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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
      Quantum technologies
      IBM claims quantum computing research milestone

      Use of technology to solve scientific problems still falls short of commercialisation

      Dario Gil, IBM’s head of research
    • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
      AstraZeneca PLC
      AstraZeneca ties up with AI biologics company to develop cancer drug

      Deal with Absci is the latest between big pharma and tech companies to build new disease treatments

      Three DNA Damage Response enzymes repair single stranded DNA breaks
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Genomics
      Britain’s genetic databank to unveil largest-ever sequencing release

      ‘Treasure trove’ will be used to develop drugs and treatments for wide range of diseases and is culmination of 20 years of work

      Technicians in a laboratory
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Deepmind Technologies Ltd
      Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials

      Work shows power of AI to improve real-world technology in fields from renewable energy to advanced computation

      Robots guided by artificial intelligence
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      WHO asks China for data on ‘undiagnosed pneumonia’ cases

      Health body’s concern reflects heightened vigilance over signs of disease outbreaks since Covid pandemic

      Children and their parents wait to be seen at a children’s hospital in Beijing
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      AI boosts breast cancer detection rates, new research shows

      Study shows potential of technology to improve and speed up medical diagnoses

      Microscopic photo of a professionally prepared slide demonstrating breast tissue with ductal carcinoma: AI analysis flagged up to 13 per cent more cases than doctors had identified
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Biotech
      Biotech raises funds to find cancer treatments using transgenic mice

      T-Therapeutics hopes to use genetically engineered rodents and machine learning to discover drugs

      Allan Bradley, founder of T-Therapeutics
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      AI robot uses meteorite from Mars to help make oxygen from water

      Chinese experiment raises hopes for viability of mission to red planet and planetary colonisation

      Evidence of water on the red planet
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Space industry
      France, Germany and Italy boost funding for Ariane 6 rocket programme

      Deal to build capacity for independent launches comes as ESA releases first images of galaxies from Euclid telescope

      Test model of ESA’s new heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket on its launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      ‘Spillover events’ from zoonotic diseases threaten surge in deaths, research warns

      Findings show need to mitigate growing risks posed by animal-to-human pathogens such as coronaviruses

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    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Medical science
      Smart rats show human-like powers of imagination in neural research

      Findings could boost development of medical technology such as brain-machine interfaces

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    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      Medical science
      Griffin and Schmidt invest $10mn each in UK genetics database

      UK Biobank’s records of 500,000 people promise breakthroughs in diseases and ageing

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    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      Gaza: the history of an embattled territory

      From trading hub to war zone, the 363 sq km strip of land has long been fought over

      A conductor checks a Palestinian man’s ticket on the first train from Gaza City to Tel Aviv on November 1 1972; a historical map of Gaza
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      Global warning system essential to beat future pandemics, says Cepi chief

      Call for rapid detection comes as pharma groups criticise draft WHO treaty on how to avoid another health crisis

      Richard Hatchett
    • Saturday, 14 October, 2023
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      Rules of war: international law and the Israel-Hamas conflict

      Strict rules govern combatants’ conduct but parties often test their enforceability

      Montage of scales of liberty statue and scenes of conflict between Israel and Hamas
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      Space exploration
      Nasa to launch first mission to metal-rich asteroid

      Eight-year expedition to Psyche aims to shed light on Earth’s origins

      An illustration depicting Nasa’s Psyche space mission
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Thailand
      Thai voters complain of betrayal after Thaksin Shinawatra’s return

      Billionaire former prime minister’s home province turns against him after his Pheu Thai party aligns with military-backed foes

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    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
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      Merkel’s failed Russia summit signals waning of her power

      Rejection of proposal casts a shadow over one of the German chancellor’s last EU summits

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      Belarus
      Belarus moves dissident blogger and girlfriend from jail to house arrest

      Critics say transfer of Roman Protasevich is Lukashenko’s ploy to get sanctions lifted

      Roman Protasevich during a briefing for journalists in Minsk on June 14
    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      Coronavirus
      Spain rejects Merkel’s bid to impose EU-wide quarantine for UK visitors

      Madrid welcomes London’s decision to include Balearic Islands on its ‘green list’ from next Wednesday

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      InterviewChinese military
      Senior Nato officer warns of China’s ‘shocking’ military advances

      Stuart Peach points to array of security challenges as well as growing diplomatic presence overseas

    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
      Russia
      Berlin and Paris propose reset for EU relations with Moscow

      Surprise initiative follows Biden summit with Putin but catches allies unawares

      German chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Emmanuel Macron and Russian president Vladimir Putin attend a summit
    • Monday, 21 June, 2021
      Belarus
      EU agrees new sanctions to ‘tighten thumbscrews’ on Belarus

      US, Canada and UK also act to increase pressure on Lukashenko regime

      Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi
    • Saturday, 19 June, 2021
      The Big Read
      Behind the scenes at China TV: soft power and state propaganda

      Insiders describe the political interference in the English-language channel, which has fallen foul of western regulators

    • Friday, 18 June, 2021
      AstraZeneca PLC
      EU fails in legal bid to speed up AstraZeneca vaccine supply

      Pharma group avoids billions in fines but court acknowledges ‘serious breach’ of contracts

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