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Science in pictures: Whale sharks, birds, coral and wasps win scientific photography competition | Science & Tech News
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A dramatic image of a whale shark rising from the depths to feed on a bait ball has won an international scientific photography competition. The BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition is an annual contest between scientific researchers who snap shots of science and nature in action as they work. “The slow-moving…
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COVID vaccine scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine | Science & Tech News
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The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to two scientists for their research which led to the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The accolade, among the most prestigious in the scientific world, went to Katalin Kariko, from Hungary, and Drew Weissman, from the United States. “Through their groundbreaking findings, which have fundamentally…
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UK universities and tech companies win £4.3m funding to develop space-based solar power | Climate News
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British tech companies and universities are to receive millions of pounds of investment to develop new technology that generates solar power from space. The rapidly emerging technology collects energy from the sun using solar panels attached to satellites, which then beam it back to Earth using wireless technology. Generating power from space has huge potential…
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New tool can detect whether text was made using AI – in huge win for suspicious teachers | Science & Tech News
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A new tool has been launched to detect AI-generated text – in what could be a huge setback for students looking to cut corners. In a boost for teachers and employers, the start-up that created ChatGPT – OpenAI – now offers a way of determining content produced using artificial intelligence. Announcing the news in a…
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The Game Awards: From God Of War Ragnarok to Stray, our picks to win on gaming’s Oscars night | Science & Tech News
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The biggest night in gaming – the closest thing the industry has to its own Oscars ceremony – is almost upon us. Live from Los Angeles in just a few days, The Game Awards will honour the best the medium had to offer this year, honouring everything from the biggest blockbusters to the smallest independent…
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Three scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for ‘snapping molecules together’ to design medicines | World News
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The Nobel chemistry prize has been awarded to three scientists who have developed a way of “snapping molecules together” to design new medicines. “Click chemistry” or bio-orthogonal reactions can be used to produce new cancer drugs and map DNA. It is the work of US scientists Carolyn R Bertozzi and K Barry Sharpless, and Morten…