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Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time - opening a ‘game-changing’ new chapter in the history of evolution
16-Dec-2022
Microscopic fragments of environmental DNA were found in Ice Age sediment in northern Greenland. Using cutting-edge technology, researchers discovered the fragments are one million years older than the previous record for DNA sampled from a Siberian mammoth bone. The ancient DNA has been used to ...
Combining a series of new microscopy techniques revealed why perovskite materials are seemingly so tolerant of defects in their structure
26-Nov-2021
Researchers from the University of Cambridge haveused a suite of correlative, multimodal microscopy methods to visualise, for the first time, why perovskite materials are seemingly so tolerant of defects in their structure. The most commonly used material for producing solar panels is ...
“We were surprised how powerful this new tool is, considering how straightforward it is to assemble”
06-Sep-2021
Researchers have made a tiny camera, held together with ‘molecular glue’ that allows them to observe chemical reactions in real time. The device, made by a team from the University of Cambridge, combines tiny semiconductor nanocrystals called quantum dots and gold nanoparticles using molecular ...
The biology of DNA must be rethink
23-Jul-2020
The formation of four-stranded DNA has been tracked in living human cells, allowing scientists to see how it works, and its possible role in cancer. DNA usually forms the classic double helix shape discovered in 1953 - two strands wound around each other. Several other structures have been formed ...
30-Oct-2018
Researchers have developed a three-dimensional 'organ on a chip' which enables real-time continuous monitoring of cells, and could be used to develop new treatments for disease while reducing the number of animals used in research. The device, which incorporates cells inside a 3D transistor made ...
27-Jun-2018
An international team of researchers have developed a low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic that can be used to diagnose or monitor a wide range of health conditions, such as surgical complications or neurodegenerative diseases. The sensor can measure the amount of critical ...
First look at how toxic protein clusters disrupt the membranes of healthy brain cells.
18-Dec-2017
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative nervous system disorder that affects more than six million people worldwide and causes nearly 120,000 deaths per year. In new research, scientists have characterised the key agents involved in spreading Parkinson’s disease in the brain, and established how ...
See chemical bonds between atoms
14-Nov-2016
For centuries, scientists believed that light, like all waves, couldn't be focused down smaller than its wavelength, just under a millionth of a metre. Now, researchers led by the University of Cambridge have created the world's smallest magnifying glass, which focuses light a billion times more ...
12-Oct-2016
An unexpected source of inefficiency within a photosynthetic enzyme has been identified by scientists. The issue also adversely affects the performance of devices which are used to model artificial photosynthesis - a biomimicry process which is central to efforts to generate sustainable fuel by ...
12-Apr-2016
A new study suggests that Neanderthals across Europe may well have been infected with diseases carried out of Africa by waves of anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens. As both were species of hominin, it would have been easier for pathogens to jump populations, say researchers. This might ...
