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Clive Cookson

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Clive Cookson became FT senior science writer in October 2023, after more than 30 years as science editor. He covers the whole span of science worldwide, from medicine and biology to physics and space exploration, including research funding and policy issues. He worked previously as science correspondent for BBC Radio. Clive was named British Science Journalist of the Year 2022.
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  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Nobel prizes
    Scientists whose work led to Covid mRNA vaccines win Nobel Prize

    Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman praised for role in ‘unprecedented rate of development’ of coronavirus jabs

    Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    Environment
    UK wildlife continues long-term decline in diversity and abundance

    Comprehensive assessment finds little sign of overall improvement in health of Britain’s ecosystems

    Wistman’s Wood, a fragment of ancient temperate rainforest on Dartmoor, England
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    UK universities
    Investment in UK university spinouts falls after decade of growth

    Country’s biggest investor in businesses commercialising academic research calls for action to spur funding

    Parkwalk chief Moray Wright
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Mental health
    Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, researchers find

    Cambridge university study contradicts common belief in psychology that it is better to talk about distressing ideas and memories

    An elderly woman dozes in the garden
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    DeepMind uses AI to predict harmful genetic mutations in humans

    First example of artificial intelligence helping to accelerate diagnosis of diseases caused by genetic variants

    An artist’s illustration of how artificial intelligence can predict patterns in biology
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases
    The microbiome: a benign infection to help keep disease at bay

    Huge resources devoted to examining links with illness

    A pair of hands holding a box of vials
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    UK researchers start using AI for air traffic control

    Project Bluebird is looking at how artificial intelligence could reduce the environmental impact of aviation

    NATS UK24 showing aircraft movements over the UK over a 24-hour period
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Medical science
    UK scientists develop 10-minute blood test to diagnose diseases

    Finger-prick technology on mobile device can detect long Covid and Alzheimer’s

    A health professional using the finger-prick blood test machine
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    UK politics
    UK to rejoin EU Horizon research programme

    Scientists and business welcome plan for Britain to go back into multilateral project

    Scientist hands examining samples under a microscope
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    Global Economy
    Biodiversity body warns of $423bn annual hit from ‘invasive alien species’

    Animals and plants that have been moved beyond natural habitats pose costly threat to farming, fishing and wildlife

    Harlequin ladybirds
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Space odysseys — trips to discover the cosmos

    Three books explore the future of galactic travel and the sights and experiences that await

    A mass of clouds and starts in the sky
  • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
    Science
    Taking ‘bold’ bets: new UK agency prepares to fund breakthrough technologies

    Head of Advanced Research and Invention Agency tells FT it has appointed directors charged with selecting projects

    Ilan Gur, chief executive of Aria,
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    ExplainerFukushima nuclear accident
    How risky is Japan’s release of radioactive water from Fukushima?

    Planned discharge from stricken nuclear plant has sparked international controversy, but most experts say it is safe

    The plant surrounded by water tanks
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Neurotechnology
    Brain implants give a voice to people who cannot speak

    Scientists use electrodes and AI programs to turn thoughts into speech via a lifelike avatar

    Ann looking at an avatar on a screen during the study
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    Medical science
    MRI scan better than blood test at spotting prostate cancer, study finds

    Results could form basis of a screening programme for most common male tumour

    A man lying down who is about to receive an MRI scan
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Medical science
    Transplanted pig kidneys provide ‘life-sustaining’ functions in human for first time

    Successful study advances prospects of xenotransplantation, using engineered organs from animals

  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Neurotechnology
    Pink Floyd strike a chord as scientists recreate song from brain activity

    ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ study could help people with severe neurological damage to communicate

    Montage featuring Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and an excerpt of a musical score
  • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
    Climate change
    Antarctica’s ‘staggering’ exposure to climate change worsens global threat

    Study warns of need to protect region as rising temperatures create a ‘new world’ with far less ice

    Melting icebergs on Horseshoe Island
  • Monday, 7 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    Missing ice and bleached coral: the sudden warming of the oceans

    Record temperatures are causing disruptions and destruction to the world’s seas from Antarctica to Florida

  • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
    Medical science
    Bacteria in mosquito guts trialled as weapon against malaria

    Scientists hail ‘entirely novel approach’ to controlling a disease that kills more than 600,000 a year

    A demonstration of how to use a mosquito net
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Glasgow university spinout raises $43mn to ‘digitise chemistry’

    Chemify’s technology aims to remove bottleneck of producing molecules in the lab

    Chemify chief executive Professor Lee Cronin
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    ExplainerWar in Ukraine
    How big is the risk of nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant?

    Robust design and recent safety measures boost facility’s resilience despite seizure by Russia, experts say

    A view of the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Climate change
    Global warming threatens collapse of Atlantic currents this century, new study finds

    Shutdown of ocean flows would likely lead to more stormy winters and drier summers in Europe

    A wide expanse of the sea
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    Science
    Sunak to push back decision on UK rejoining Horizon until after summer

    Scientists’ hopes for end to delay on access to EU research programme look to be dashed

    Glass vials in a laboratory
  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    Dementia
    Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression

    Dementia experts hail ‘watershed moment’ after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment

    Alzheimer’s patient brain scans, provided by Eli Lilly
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