[ad_1] BBCIn a gleaming laboratory in Edinburgh, robotic machines whirr and mix. The final product that they are creating will be a pine-smelling chemical that can be used as an ingredient in perfumes. But the starting point is very different: a brown, gloopy, fat mixture, recently fished out from below ground - fatbergs.Fatbergs are the foul phenomenon found lurking in (and blocking up) sewers. The development of the technology used
[ad_1] Suzanne BearneTechnology ReporterDeepali Misra-SharpDr Deepali Misra-Sharp uses AI to help take notesThis is the fifth feature in a six-part series that is looking at how AI is changing medical research and treatments.The difficulty of getting an appointment with a GP is a familiar gripe in the UK.Even when an appointment is secured, the rising workload faced by doctors means those meetings can be shorter than either the doctor or
[ad_1] Chris BaraniukScience and technology journalistGetty ImagesIt was terrible timing. In the late morning of Tuesday 6 January, a "life-threatening and destructive" windstorm was heading for the northern suburbs of Los Angeles. The local office of the US National Weather Service published a strongly worded alert at roughly 10:30am local time. At almost that exact moment, a fire erupted in the Palisades neighbourhood of LA."The fire was able to get
[ad_1] Pharmaceutical firms are turning to AI to find new molecules that might be able to tackle disease. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Maddy SavageTechnology Reporter, Skellefteå, SwedenGetty ImagesThere were great hopes for the Northvolt battery plant Skellefteå, SwedenHeavy snow blends into white thick clouds in Skellefteå, a riverside city in northern Sweden that is home to 78,000 residents.It's also the location of what was supposed to become Europe's biggest and greenest electric battery factory, powered by the region's abundance of renewable energy.Swedish start-up Northvolt opened its flagship production plant here in
[ad_1] Vanessa ClarkeEducation correspondentGetty ImagesVAT is now being added to private school fees after new rules came into force on 1 January.The government plans to spend the money raised on more teachers for state schools in England.Private schools say they have already seen a drop in secondary school pupil numbers because of higher fees.What is VAT and when was it added to private school fees?Value added tax (VAT) is one
[ad_1] BBCOn Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through the atmosphere, Nasa's Parker Solar Probe was on a mission to discover more about the Sun, including how it affects space weather on Earth.This was a landmark moment for humanity – but one without any human directly involved, as the spacecraft carried out its pre-programmed tasks by itself as it
[ad_1] Sir Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic cycling champion, says there needs to be more conversations about health between men.Speaking on BBC Breakfast, following his terminal cancer prognosis, he said when you are young and fit and healthy you don't think about cancer. He's now working to promote awareness of prostate cancer and its symptoms especially amongst younger people. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesMPs have voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill will now face many more months of debate and scrutiny by MPs and peers, who could choose to amend it, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament needed for it to become law.It is also possible the bill could fall and not become law at
[ad_1] The NHS in England came within “six or seven hours” of running out of gowns and other protective equipment during the Covid pandemic, Matt Hancock has said.The former health secretary was giving evidence for the third time at the Covid inquiry, about the impact on healthcare systems.He stated there was never a “national shortage” of PPE for healthcare workers but “in some places, they did run out - and
