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Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth to rip apart their prey

Scientists have discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragons’ teeth are tipped with iron.

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School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences achieves Bronze Sustainability Champions award

The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, the Surgical & Interventional Engineering team and the Imaging and Chemistry Biology Labs have all...

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New gut microbiome atlas builds most accurate profile of global gut health to date

Research could help doctors around the world better understand how bacteria in the gut cause disease and how to treat them.

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Crucial NHS staff still undervalued and 'invisible', report finds

Clinical support staff are crucial to the NHS but still feel undervalued and ‘invisible’ 10 years after a government-commissioned review highlighted ways to...

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King's welcomes Education Secretary to Education Embassy Conference

Ministers, diplomats, senior policy makers and representatives from across the higher education sector gathered at King's for the 12th Education Embassy...

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'Britain needs a China story': academic says current UK-China relations need be to viewed through the prism of history

Unfamiliarity with its own history is stopping the UK from developing a clear and pragmatic relationship with China, according to a leading expert, and author...

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Learning from the King's Parliamentary Research Internship

As part of her experience, Dr Lesley Williamson developed a policy brief on palliative and end-of-life care for people with dementia

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Dr George Goodwin and Dr Miha Modic awarded King's Prize Fellowships

Two School of Neuroscience researchers have successfully obtained King's Prize Fellowships

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A climate finance policy playbook for the new UK government

A higher Capital Gains Tax rate for heavy carbon emitters and streamlined listings rules for green companies are just two of the urgent policy recommendations...

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“My advisor told me not to do it – I did it anyway!” Nobel laureate tours King's

Pierre Agostini, 2023 Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, shares meditations on fame in science and the future of attosecond physics.

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New junior doctors paid too little, say half the public and three in five Labour voters

Though senior doctors are most commonly seen as being paid about the right amount

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Double-header matches boost interest in women's cricket, study finds

Based on the results, the researchers argue for the introduction of mixed-gender cricket

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Navigating the NHS, present and future

Annette Boaz, Irene Higginson and Mary Malone outline the challenges facing healthcare

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Professor Snezhana Oliferenko elected to EMBO Membership

In EMBO’s 60th anniversary year, 100 new Members and 20 Associate Members join the EMBO community

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