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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
      InterviewBrexit
      UK to launch PR blitz to lure scientists back into Horizon programme

      Science secretary Michelle Donelan signs post-Brexit deal to rejoin €96bn research scheme

      Michelle Donelan in Brussels today
    • 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
    • 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

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
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      AI and quantum research at centre of science and tech announcements

      Government to boost spending on computing power by £500mn to develop artificial intelligence

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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
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      AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting methods for first time

      Google DeepMind’s model beat world’s leading system in 90% of metrics used and took only a fraction of the time

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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
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      Nasa spacecraft brings samples from asteroid to Earth

      Scientists hope rocks and dust taken from 4.7bn-year-old Bennu will provide clues to formation of solar system

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

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

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      Behind the fraud drama rocking academia

      When it comes to academic papers, the line between fraud and substandard science can sometimes seem a little… academic

    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
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      Non-profit and industry investors propose paediatric cancer fund

      New model aims to reduce high development costs and increase number of drugs being tested

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    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
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      WHO’s chief scientist urges greater collaboration against dangerous pathogens

      Joint work would avoid ‘deep scars’ caused by unequal access to drugs during Covid-19

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    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
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      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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    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
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      Early humans wiped out in Europe by ‘glacial cooling’, study suggests

      New research challenges idea that people have continuously lived in region since first arriving

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    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
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      Staying out of Horizon would harm British science

      If it wants to be an innovation superpower, the UK needs to rejoin €95bn EU programme

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    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
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      Meta disbands protein-folding team in shift towards commercial AI

      Move to terminate scientific project comes as Facebook parent prioritises moneymaking AI products over blue-sky research

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      Fusion: start-up shares are easier to create than limitless energy Premium content

      Incipient industry will need decades, and many billions, before it becomes a commercial proposition

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    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
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      ‘Open science’ advocates warn of widespread academic fraud

      Scandals at Stanford and Harvard show manipulation of research remains an issue despite growth of ‘data detectives’

      Stanford University, California
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
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      British dithering over Horizon puts its science community in peril

      UK indecision about its place in the EU research programme is already damaging universities

      Andy Carter illustration of a man holding a test tube, with the stars of the EU flag swirling around his head
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
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      UK and EU edge towards deal for Britain to rejoin Horizon programme

      British ministers are hoping to finalise agreement on participation in science research scheme this month

      Test tubes in lab
    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
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      Scientists and industry leaders warn UK and EU over Horizon delays 

      Leading figures frustrated over ‘absurd’ delays to Britain rejoining research programme

      Crick researchers
    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      Genomics
      ‘Primate AI algorithm’ predicts genetic health risks

      Scientists apply deep learning to expanded DNA database to help identify disease-causing mutations in humans

      Owl monkeys in Argentina
    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
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      Longevity start-ups: hefty funding fails to find fount of youth Premium content

      Human life appears to have an upper limit that has yet to be extended

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    • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
      Dementia
      Japan pushes for strong pledges on tackling dementia from G7 allies

      Alzheimer’s advocates call for ambitious declaration to match the scope of commitments made 10 years ago

      Alzheimer’s brain scan
    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Brexit
      UK participation in EU Horizon programme delayed over talks on costs

      Britain complains it is expected to pay too much to rejoin flagship research project

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Science
      Study reveals scale of ‘science scam’ in academic publishing

      One in 5 biomedical articles may contain faked data, with Chinese paper mills leading way

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    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
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      UK partnerships with life sciences groups threatened by NHS pressures

      Hurdles facing drug trials point to challenges for Britain’s drive for innovation

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