Does smoking protect against Covid-19?
Annalise Murray on the rumoured link between smoking and protection against Covid-19
Annalise Murray
Do cats cause mental illness?
Listen: I’m a dog person. I don’t have much justification for this belief, except to say that I’ve thought for some time that many cats have a frankly nefarious vibe.…
What can we learn from people who hear the dead?
Do you believe in ghosts? I don’t. Visiting a medium, or otherwise trying to communicate with the dead, was surprisingly common in my North-East Catholic family. I’ve always looked upon…
I participated in a COVID vaccine trial and here’s what happened
I love vaccines. As a certified trypanophobic, that might seem a funny thing to say. I’ll admit that I don’t particularly love the actual process of receiving a vaccine, bringing…
Green hydrogen: the future of energy?
This week, the UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets announced funding for a ground-breaking hydrogen research facility, which replicates the national grid within a controlled environment at DNV GL‘s…
The Oxford vaccine: the end of the beginning?
These are historic days. Despite it all, that still feels a bit strange. Growing up in the relative quiet of the early-2000s, history seemed like something that happened a very…
Durham scientist awarded prestigious physics prize
Professor Carlos Frenk, of the Institute of Computational Cosmology in the Department of Physics, has this week been awarded the prestigious Paul Dirac Medal and Prize by the Institute of…
Milestone Study Reveals Hidden Cancer Genetics
A global research collaboration on cancer genetics has generated unprecedented data. Annalise Murray reviews its enormous strengths - and where we need to look next to fully understand cancer.
What’s the Price of Changing a Life? Orkambi, Medicine and the NHS
For Cystic Fibrosis patients Orkambi offers huge hopes of an improved quality of life. Annalise Murray looks into tricky NHS negotiations, and why they delayed access to the new precision…
Social Genomics; the newest narrative of Post-Mining Communities.
The genetic underpinnings of social behaviours are a controversial emerging field in science. Annalise Murray asks if a new study considering British coal mining pitches it right.