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AI Can't Be Patent 'Inventor', Says UK Supreme Court In Landmark Ruling
A US computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent rights.
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Europe's 'Largest Predatory Dinosaur' Found By UK Fossil Hunter
A giant crocodile-faced dinosaur, discovered on the Isle of Wight by one of Britain's best fossil hunters, was probably the largest predator ever to stalk Europe, scientists said on Thursday.
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A Green Milestone: UK Scientists Set Record In Fusion Energy Generation
Scientists in Britain announced Wednesday they had smashed a previous record for generating fusion energy, hailing it as a "milestone" on the path towards cheap, clean power and a cooler planet.
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New COVID-19 Variant Most Significant Yet Found, Says Britain
Britain said on Friday that a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa was considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found and so it needed to ascertain whether or not it made vaccines ineffective.
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Give The Dog A Phone: This Device Will Allow Pets To Call Their Owners
Lonely dogs could soon be able to call their absent owners using a new device invented by animal-tech scientists in Britain and Finland, they said Wednesday.
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UK Offers Booster Jabs To Over-40s; Second Dose To 16, 17-Year-Olds
Britain's booster programme for Covid-19 vaccinations is to be expanded to younger people after scientists gave the green light on Monday.
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The Climate Project That Changed How We Understand Extreme Weather
When a handful of scientists tried to publish rapid research into the role of climate change in record rainfall that lashed Britain in 2015, they were told their high-speed approach was "not science".
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Early Signs COVID-19 Vaccines May Not Stop Delta Spread, UK Warns
There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, scientists at Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday.
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New British Note Featuring World War 2 Codebreaker Alan Turing Enters Circulation
A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first unveiled the design.
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Past Ice Melts May Have Caused Seas To Rise 10 Times Faster Than Today: Study
Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea levels to rise at 10 times the current rate, a study published Thursday by a team led by scientists from Britain's Durham University said.
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Why Scientists Think UK Variant of Coronavirus Could be Deadlier
The announcement that the coronavirus strain sweeping Britain could be more deadly as well as more transmissible has raised fresh concerns about the variant that has spread to dozens of countries.
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Astrazeneca To Test Combining COVID-19 Vaccine With Russian Shot
Britain's AstraZeneca said on Friday it would investigate combining its experimental COVID-19 vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine candidate, a move Russian scientists have suggested could sharply boost efficacy.
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Oxford Scientists Develop Five-Minute COVID-19 Antigen Test
Scientists from Britain's University of Oxford have developed a rapid COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes, researchers said on Thursday, adding it could be used in mass testing at airports and businesses.
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2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Black Hole Discoveries
Britain's Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and US scientist Andrea Ghez won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.
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Study Links COVID-19 To Rise In Childhood Type 1 Diabetes
Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the peak of Britain's COVID-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible link between the two diseases that needs more investigation, scientists said on Tuesday.
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AI Can't Be Patent 'Inventor', Says UK Supreme Court In Landmark Ruling
A US computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent rights.
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Europe's 'Largest Predatory Dinosaur' Found By UK Fossil Hunter
A giant crocodile-faced dinosaur, discovered on the Isle of Wight by one of Britain's best fossil hunters, was probably the largest predator ever to stalk Europe, scientists said on Thursday.
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A Green Milestone: UK Scientists Set Record In Fusion Energy Generation
Scientists in Britain announced Wednesday they had smashed a previous record for generating fusion energy, hailing it as a "milestone" on the path towards cheap, clean power and a cooler planet.
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New COVID-19 Variant Most Significant Yet Found, Says Britain
Britain said on Friday that a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa was considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found and so it needed to ascertain whether or not it made vaccines ineffective.
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Give The Dog A Phone: This Device Will Allow Pets To Call Their Owners
Lonely dogs could soon be able to call their absent owners using a new device invented by animal-tech scientists in Britain and Finland, they said Wednesday.
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UK Offers Booster Jabs To Over-40s; Second Dose To 16, 17-Year-Olds
Britain's booster programme for Covid-19 vaccinations is to be expanded to younger people after scientists gave the green light on Monday.
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The Climate Project That Changed How We Understand Extreme Weather
When a handful of scientists tried to publish rapid research into the role of climate change in record rainfall that lashed Britain in 2015, they were told their high-speed approach was "not science".
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Early Signs COVID-19 Vaccines May Not Stop Delta Spread, UK Warns
There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, scientists at Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday.
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New British Note Featuring World War 2 Codebreaker Alan Turing Enters Circulation
A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first unveiled the design.
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Past Ice Melts May Have Caused Seas To Rise 10 Times Faster Than Today: Study
Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea levels to rise at 10 times the current rate, a study published Thursday by a team led by scientists from Britain's Durham University said.
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Why Scientists Think UK Variant of Coronavirus Could be Deadlier
The announcement that the coronavirus strain sweeping Britain could be more deadly as well as more transmissible has raised fresh concerns about the variant that has spread to dozens of countries.
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Astrazeneca To Test Combining COVID-19 Vaccine With Russian Shot
Britain's AstraZeneca said on Friday it would investigate combining its experimental COVID-19 vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine candidate, a move Russian scientists have suggested could sharply boost efficacy.
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Oxford Scientists Develop Five-Minute COVID-19 Antigen Test
Scientists from Britain's University of Oxford have developed a rapid COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes, researchers said on Thursday, adding it could be used in mass testing at airports and businesses.
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2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Black Hole Discoveries
Britain's Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and US scientist Andrea Ghez won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.
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Study Links COVID-19 To Rise In Childhood Type 1 Diabetes
Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the peak of Britain's COVID-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible link between the two diseases that needs more investigation, scientists said on Tuesday.
