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UK: 2019 in features

By Mićo Tatalović
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As the year draws to an end, our favourite long reads from Research Fortnight

1. Graphene: Running the show

 

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The University of Manchester’s new innovation centre aims to bring a commercial ethos to the site of graphene’s discovery, Sophie Inge reports.

 

2. Iraq: Rising from the ashes

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Mosul University’s English department is rebuilding itself after years of terror, with help from researchers at Lancaster.

 

3. Genetic sequencing: Numbers game

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Genome sequencing is booming globally, but countries should work together rather than race each other, researchers in the field tell Ashleigh Furlong.

 

4. European elections: The disenfranchised

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EU academics are furious after being denied their votes in the European Parliament elections.

 

5. Crime science: Putting crime under the microscope

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On 26 April 1999, journalist Jill Dando was shot dead on the doorstep of her London home. The crime remains unsolved to this day.