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Scientists Cracked the Bacterial Code Behind Powerful Anti-Cancer Drugs, and It Could Help Build Better Ones

Researchers decoded how bacteria naturally produce multiple anti-cancer drug variants, a Nature Communications finding that could accelerate development of improved cancer therapies.

Medical Daily · Jul 11

Could your laugh be a 15-million-year-old echo that helped shape human speech? Great ape laughter offers surprising clues

Your laughter might be older than you think! A new study reveals that the rhythmic pattern of human laughter has remained consistent for at least 15 million years, shared with our great ape relatives. This ancient vocal structure, found in chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, offers a unique glimpse into the…

The Economic Times · Jul 2

Groundbreaking new cancer detection technique replaces radioactive tracers with diamond sensor

University of Warwick scientists have created a device that is designed to trace tiny magnetic particles injected into the body

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025

Student with cancer wins payout after university refused to extend course for life-saving treatment

Riham Sheble said Warwick University’s treatment of her was ‘utterly unjust’

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023

Warwick student with cancer wins payout after university denied extension request

University accepts it did not make adjustments for her illness as a form of disability

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Prescribing antidepressants for chronic pain lacks evidence, experts say

Existing guidelines say the drugs may help with quality of life, pain, sleep and psychological distress.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Green comet making its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years

The last time it went past the planet was during the Stone Age – when Neanderthals roamed the Earth.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Asteroid to pass Earth in one of closest approaches ever recorded

Asteroid 2023 BU will zoom over the southern tip of South America only 2,200 miles above the the planet’s surface.

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Walter Scott descendent wades into 'racism' row with UK university

A DESCENDENT of legendary Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott has blasted academics at a UK university for warning students against…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 30, 2022

Mystery as Brit professor Tom Marsh goes missing in Chile as search enters third week

Prof Tom Marsh, 60, an astrophysicist at the University of Warwick, went missing on September 16, in the Chilean desert and local police are continuing to search paths he may have taken

Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022