Study reveals how chills develop and support the body's defense against infection
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Artificial intelligence could help doctors detect serious heart valve disease years earlier, potentially saving thousands of lives, a new study suggests.
Circadian clocks play a crucial role in our health and well-being. Scientists are now getting closer to understanding how these clocks operate at their core by solving how these clocks within bacteria are able to precisely control when different genes are turned on and off during the 24-hour cycle.
Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure share a genetic link, new research from the University of Surrey, UK and the Université de Lille, France shows. People with one condition are more likely to develop the other.
With the increasing frequency of natural disasters and health emergencies, wearable infrared thermal imaging devices have gained widespread use in the firefighting and medical fields. However, such devices tend to have poor imaging performance and often suffer from low contrast, dark areas, high noise and blurred boundaries, which greatly hinder practical applications.
The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists today announced the Finalists for the 2026 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom. The Awards recognise scientific advances by UK researchers across Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Physical Sciences & Engineering. Now in its ninth year, each Blavatnik Awards Laureate will receive an unrestricted £100,000 (US$135,000) prize, while the remaining six Finalists will be awarded £30,000 (US$40,400) each.
This year’s Finalists include:
Chemical Sciences Finalists
Michael J. Booth, PhD – University College London (UCL)
Mathew H. Horrocks, PhD – The University of Edinburgh
Maxie M. Roessler, DPhil – Imperial College London
Life Sciences Finalists
Nicholas R. Casewell, PhD – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Thi Hoang Duong (Kelly) Nguyen, PhD – MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Pontus Skoglund, PhD – The Francis Crick Institute
Physical Sciences & Engineering Finalists
Radha Boya, PhD – The University of Manchester
Paola Pinilla, PhD – University College London (UCL)
Iestyn Woolway, PhD – Bangor University