![Image from: Jonathan Bailey / NHGRI [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://i0.wp.com/oxsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Circulating-tumor-dna_image.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 "A 10-minute, universal blood test for cancer")
Researchers at the University of Queensland, Australia have developed a blood test that can detect whether a patient has any type of cancer within as little as 10 minutes. Although still in the initial stages of testing, this cheap and simple method could help clinicians to diagnose cancer before symptoms appear, when the widest range…
Carlisle is a designer and web developer who likes to create innovative and thought provoking content, particularly around science and tech. He lives and works in Leeds, UK, with his wife and son and spends most of his spare time either playing cricket or being chief story teller to his young son. Below is an…
Carlisle is a designer and web developer who likes to create innovative and thought provoking content, particularly around science and tech. He lives and works in Leeds, UK, with his wife and son and spends most of his spare time either playing cricket or being chief story teller to his young son. Below is an…
Members of the Oxford Department of Zoology have tracked peregrine falcons in the field as they attacked dummy prey – and discovered that they use the same control strategies to catch them as modern projectile weapons. This suggests a new way to tackle the problem of rogue drones. Principle investigator Professor Graham Taylor said “Falcons…
They’re strong, flexible and tough – mussels have proved they’ve got muscle. Recently they’ve inspired researchers to create a new plastic which could potentially heal itself. Plastics are made of polymers – long, repetitive chains of atoms which can stretch and then relax back to their original shape. Designing a polymer is a trade-off between…
