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Engineers have developed a material that mimics human cartilage 鈥� the body鈥檚 shock absorbing and lubrication system, and it could herald the development of a new generation of lightweight bearings.
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A test which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to measure proteins present in some patients with advanced bowel cancer could hold the key to more targeted treatment, according to new research.
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Scientists are using weather forecasts to predict the location and scale of impending meningitis outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa.
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As a refugee growing up in India, Dr Madan Luthra (PhD Biochemistry, 1972) learnt that education would prove his lifeline.
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UK Research and Innovation has announced a large cut to the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) as a result of the Government鈥檚 decision to reduce spending on international aid.
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Melting glaciers could be triggering a 鈥榝eedback process鈥� that causes further climate change, according to new research.
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Bowel cancer patients in Yorkshire will continue to benefit from improvements in diagnosis and treatment following a 拢2.1 million funding boost from Yorkshire Cancer Research.
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Scientists have taken a significant step forward in their search for the origin of a progressive eye condition which can cause sight loss.
![Professor Richard Hall from the School of Mechanical Engineering at the 映客直播, sitting in his lab, in front of a machine that physically tests artificial joints.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-RESIZED240117_1862__10.png")
A 拢4 million research project will develop a new generation of artificial joints that last longer, produce fewer side effects and are better suited for younger people.
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Videos showing for the first time how small circles of DNA adopt dance-like movements inside a cell have been developed by researchers in Yorkshire.