GSK makes its pandemic vaccine adjuvant platform technology available to enhance the development of a 2019-nCoV vaccine, while researchers estimate the true spread of the virus. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a new technology for removing oil from water sources, creating textiles with surface properties that passively skim off the oil and move it into a floating container. [ + ]

US government and academic investigators have developed a vaccine against African swine fever that appears to be far more effective than previously developed vaccines. [ + ]

The abundant base metal chromium can substitute expensive precious metals in photocatalysis — a technique currently used to synthesise pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. [ + ]

The WHO has declared the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern — the sixth ever case of an international emergency of this kind. [ + ]

Researchers have created a tool that can swiftly analyse microbes in oceans and other aquatic environments, revealing their health and their response to threats to their ecosystems. [ + ]

Researchers have created a new kind of fibre from a combination of chitin nanoparticles — extracted from residual blue crab shells — and alginate, a compound found in seaweed. [ + ]

The sound of a 3000-year-old mummified Egyptian priest has been reproduced based on measurements of the precise dimensions of his extant vocal tract following CT scanning. [ + ]

The treatment has been found to completely kill a bacterial infection that can be deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung conditions such as bronchiectasis. [ + ]

Professor Lisa Kewley has been awarded the 2020 James Craig Watson Medal by the US National Academy of Sciences for her contributions to the study of galaxy formation and evolution. [ + ]

The team used human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from bone marrow to make painkilling cells in the lab, then put them into the spinal cords of mice. [ + ]

Caplacizumab is said to be the first nanobody therapy to treat adults with the rare autoimmune blood-clotting disorder known as acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. [ + ]

Singaporean scientists have discovered four potential drug compounds that target hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer. [ + ]

Scientists have created a roadmap to insect conservation and recovery, based on achieving targets over different timescales. [ + ]

A drug used to treat high blood pressure may alleviate anxiety induced by long-term heavy alcohol use, and also halt the damage such drinking can cause to the brain's ability to grow new cells. [ + ]