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Rachelle Abbott

OPINION - The online world goes wild for Pope Leo XIV...Tech & Science Daily

Pope Leo - (AFP via Getty Images)

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Pope Leo XIV made his first public appearance from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in front of a packed St Peter’s Square on Thursday evening. But since he became pontiff, the revelation of his online footprint has captured the imagination of Gen Z.

For more, we hear from The London Standard’s features writer and columnist, Maddy Mussen.

A new environmentally friendly technique to extract tiny cellulose strands from cow dung and turn them into manufacturing-grade material has been developed by a team of UK researchers. You can find cellulose in everything from cling film to surgical masks.

To tell us about their new ‘pressurised spinning’ technique, we caught up with the senior author of the study, UCL Professor Mohan Edirisinghe.

Plus, two friends are found guilty of cutting down world-famous Sycamore Gap tree in act of 'mindless thuggery'.

Also in this episode:

  • How a ‘simple selfie’ through AI tool can help predict patients’ cancer survival.
  • Could this psoriasis treatment free patients from having to use multiple products?
  • An “accordion worm” which contracts, like the instrument, is discovered off the Northwest coast of Spain.
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