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A new partnership between Bermudian scientist Carika Weldon and Bermuda College will help to create genetic data ensuring drugs are effectively designed for people of Caribbean descent. Dr Weldon has launched CariGenetics — short for Caribbean Geneti...

Researchers at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences have lent their experience to an upcoming video game intended to simulate piloting remote controlled submarines. The September edition of the institute’s Currents newsletter said José González, a...

Hundreds of bits of coral have been rescued by a team of divers working to save the pieces after storm damage. The fragments are treated and regrown in a hatchery before they are replanted and eventually returned to the reef. A spokeswoman for the Li...

A team of international researchers has turned its focus on the island’s air and water as part of a study of trace elemental gases in the atmosphere. According to BIOS’s Currents newsletter, the project, called the Bermuda boundary layer experiment...

Bermudian students were this summer given hands-on experience with high-tech marine research at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. Bios, through a collaboration with Arizona State University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, hosted ...

Students had a chance to learn about a Nasa science mission when it moved its flight operations to Bermuda earlier this month. With the help of The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences’ Ocean Academy, students from Saltus Grammar School, Victor Scott...

Altamira Therapeutics Ltd, a Bermudian-headquartered biotechnology company, has reported promising results for trials of a nasal spray in reduction of an allergy. Altamira, which says it is dedicated to developing therapeutics that address important...

Researchers recorded a great white shark circle the island over the past week – although it is not known exactly how close the shark came to shore. Breton – a 13ft 3in adult male great white shark tagged and tracked by Ocearch – was recorded more tha...

A rare phenomenon that caused a fluorescent cloud in the sky over Bermuda sparked speculation after photographs of the event were shared on social media. Mark Guishard, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service, said the unusual cloud was caused by...

A whale expert whose love of the subject was sparked by watching the sea creatures in the waters off Bermuda as a child is to deliver a presentation on the subject next week. Nan Hauser, the president and director of the Centre for Cetacean Research ...

Researchers are working to study the life hidden in Bermuda’s depths in a bid to understand how to better protect it. The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences’ Currents newsletter said the two-year study, led by Tim Noyes, would use a mix of cameras a...

Bermuda is to become a field station for a new study on the songs of humpback whales, it was announced yesterday. The study, “Sound of Science”, will explore differences in song trends and phrases between North Atlantic whales and their South Pacific...