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    As FT science editor, Clive Cookson covers the whole span of science worldwide, from medicine and biology to physics and space exploration, including research funding and policy issues. He worked previously as science correspondent for BBC Radio. Clive was named British Science Journalist of the Year 2022.
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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Science
      UK’s 220-year-old Royal Institution seeks to reinstate itself as ‘home for science’

      London-based organisation hosted the announcement of many of the 19th century’s most important scientific discoveries

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      China’s fake science industry: how ‘paper mills’ threaten progress

      The country has become a prolific producer of academic research but fraudulent studies risk serious real-world consequences

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      ReviewScience books
      Virtual You — how digital doppelgängers could help us lead a healthy life

      An analysis of the potential of technology to transform personalised medicine is both stimulating and comprehensive

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Satellites
      Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit in talks about potential buyout

      Shares hit after company announces ‘operational pause’ and puts staff on unpaid furlough

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Computing and life sciences to benefit from UK financial and regulatory measures

      Chancellor Jeremy Hunt vows to make Britain the ‘best place in Europe’ for tech companies to invest

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Medical science
      High sucralose doses suppress immune system, research on mice shows

      Unexpected finding suggests popular sweetener could treat autoimmune conditions such as arthritis and diabetes

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      UK to invest £2.5bn in quantum computing drive

      Decade-long scheme intended to boost government pledge to make Britain ‘next Silicon Valley’

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Genomics
      Cost of gene treatments for once incurable diseases too high, scientists warn

      Therapies based on editing of human genomes predicted to have a price tag of $2mn per patient

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Scientists call for UK to rejoin EU’s Horizon research programme

      Sunak unconvinced that membership of Brussels’ science scheme offers value for money

    • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
      Space exploration
      Scientists launch new initiative to look for extraterrestrial life

      Astrobiologists believe simple organisms pervade the universe but advanced civilisations are extremely rare

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Plastic pollution
      Plastic ingestion by humans and animals altering cells, scientists say

      Study identifies new stomach disease in seabirds caused by microplastics

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Healthcare
      US health and science bodies unite to fight misinformation ‘infodemic’

      Fifty organisations form coalition to counter dangerous falsehoods and rebuild trust in science

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Wildfires in boreal forests release record levels of carbon, satellite study shows

      Burning trees across Eurasia and North America emitted 1.76bn tonnes of CO₂ in 2021

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Science
      Scientists target ‘biocomputing’ breakthrough with use of human brain cells

      Proposal for ‘intelligence in a dish’ that can efficiently perform advanced tasks raises ethical concerns

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Scientific research
      UK scientists hail prospect of Horizon re-entry after Brexit deal

      Researchers welcome EU Commission president’s pledge to begin work on accession accord

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      ExplainerMedical science
      How likely is a human bird flu pandemic?

      Scientists urge more vigorous action to reduce circulation of highly contagious H5N1 strain

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      ExplainerScience
      Spy balloons, sky clutter and UFOs: what flies in the ‘forgotten space’?

      Objects in the upper stratosphere are used for science, surveillance and communications

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Space exploration
      Europe’s boldest space mission to search for life in outer solar system

      Juice spacecraft’s ambitious 12-year voyage will observe Jupiter and three of its moons

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Renewable energy
      Leap in efficiency of solar cells predicted by inventor

      Combining silicon with other materials will boost conversion of sunlight into electricity, pioneering engineer says

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      ExplainerTurkey-Syria earthquake
      Why Turkey and Syria’s calamitous earthquakes were decades in the making

      Turkey is at the centre of one of the world’s most seismically active regions

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Medical science
      First heart patients diagnosed using new fibre optic technology

      Researchers say device developed in London could help thousands suffering from vascular disease

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Medical science
      Neural implants in rats pave way to treat brain injuries

      Neuroscience breakthrough demonstrates ability of human organoids to adopt functions of host’s visual cortex

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      UK universities
      Lack of clinical academics threatens NHS research and teaching, say peers

      Shortage of doctors with university posts is putting health service on ‘dangerous precipice’

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Science
      Scientists unveil laser beam to deflect lightning strikes

      Experiments demonstrate new technology to protect critical infrastructure in thunderstorms

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Minister sets out ‘science superpower’ ambitions for UK

      Government keeps EU research programmes in its sights but pushes ahead with other plans

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