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Princess Catherine Cancer: What Is Preventative Chemotherapy?

Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced on Friday that she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy to treat cancer discovered after she had abdominal surgery.

International Business Times

Breakthrough as new treatment improves outcome for children with rare cancer

Patients who received the drug also had better one year progression-free survival rates

The Independent UK

CO2 levels in planet atmosphere could be a sign of its habitability: study

New research reveals a "habitability signature" to detect liquid water on planets, potentially aiding in the search for life.

The Hindu

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Robert Knecht obituary

Other lives: Professor at Birmingham University and historian of 16th-century France who wrote a study of the reign of François I

The Guardian - UK

Type 2 diabetes prevention programme ‘reaps other benefits’ – study

The NHS programme appears to help patients lose weight and reduce blood pressure, as well as reduce their sugar levels.

The Independent UK

Thread carefully: your gym clothes could be leaching toxic chemicals

Workout wear made from synthetic fabric is treated with chemicals, which research shows can be absorbed through skin

The Guardian - US

Absence of sexually-related injuries can’t be used in court to infer rape victims are lying - study

Research finds that more than half of rape survivors have no detectable injuries

Evening Standard

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Patients with liver disease three times more likely to have personality disorder

Sufferers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) at increased risk of developing serious mental health issues

Evening Standard

Scientists use water fleas to filter pollutants out of wastewater

Tiny crustaceans described as ‘the bioequivalent of a Dyson vacuum cleaner for wastewater’

The Guardian - UK

Yevgeny Prigozhin and the long list of those who challenged Vladimir Putin and paid the price

Stefan Wolff professor of international security at the University of Birmingham explains how Yevgeny Prigozhin is just another in a long line of those who have faced an early demise after opposing Vladimir Putin.

The Week

David Pratt: Fight for superiority in a new drone war

BACK in May this year I found myself at an undisclosed military training base somewhere in Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine.

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine recap: bridgehead across the Dnipro river a key objective as Kyiv works to maintain solidarity among allies

Google the words “Ukraine counteroffensive” and the adverb you will most commonly find associated with them is “slowly”. The popular misconception in the months leading up to the launch of Ukraine’s summer push was that, like last autumn’s lightning counter-attacks around Kherson in the south and Kharkiv in the north-east…

The Conversation

Study reveals chemical contamination on International Space Station

Scientists analysed dust from air filters within the ISS and compared them to contaminants found in houses on Earth.

The Independent UK

The chemical contamination of the International Space Station is out of this world (and not in a good way)

Levels of potentially harmful chemicals found in dust collected by filtration systems aboard the International Space Station are greater than those in floor dust found in U.S. homes.

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A “Warm Jupiter” Exoplanet Discovery Has Astronomers Puzzled

In a new study, researchers confirmed the presence of a large gaseous planet around TOI-4860, a star that is small and cool.

Birmingham Post

New rail research facility in Goole will be an innovation express for supply chain SMEs

Strong signals for engineering development from SMEs to corporates as cash confirmed

Birmingham Post

£106m rail R&D investment gives the green light to Goole centre of excellence

The University of Birmingham wins funding as industry backs innovation development with twin site award

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the mystery of the mutiny that never was

Ukrainian units are forcing their Russian foes back by what on some days seems like a few metres at a time. But on June 24, at least some Russian troops moved much more rapidly toward their own capital.

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Global Centre of Rail Excellence boosted with £15m rail innovation project

The project at the planned facility follows a successful bid by a consortium led by the University of Birmingham to the Research Partnership Investment Fund

Daily Mirror

Student who lost hearing during studies horrified to be told he has brain tumour

Ned Hilton, 24, had been studying at the University of Birmingham when he was diagnosed with a grade 4 medulloblastoma tumour but eventually managed to complete his studies

Daily Mirror

Scientists using Britain's deepest mine to simulate how humans might live on Mars

The University of Birmingham has launched the Bio-SPHERE project in a Yorkshire tunnel network to enable researchers to recreate the conditions humans would experience in similar caverns in space

The Conversation

Mental health: research reveals harrowing impact of traumatic material on crime investigators

Rape, murders, torture, arson, acts of terrorism and even genocide: if there is one thing police and justice staff know, it is that humanity’s cruelty and destruction knows few bounds. In their jobs, the professionals working to bring offenders to justice are routinely exposed to traumatic experiences through written witness…

Daily Record

Blood test to spot ovarian cancer early could save 'thousands' in new trial

Ovarian cancer often gets diagnosed after it's too late as symptoms don't usually appear until its late stages.

The Conversation

How better local employment support could help tackle UK labour shortages

There has been a rise in “economic inactivity” in the UK among people of working age since the start of the COVID pandemic. Although the trend peaked last year, an additional 420,000 people are now in this category compared with early 2020.

Dynamite News

How brain cells are starved of energy in autophagy dysfunction: Study

Neurodegeneration in brain cells may occur when the normal cellular cleansing mechanism failed owing to declining levels of a coenzyme related to niacin and deprives cells of energy. Read further on Dynamite News:

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