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From the earliest X-rays to the latest body scanners, the ability to visualise the inside of the living body has revolutionised medical diagnosis. With a profound understanding of physics, great technical ingenuity and a mission to put these skills to use in the service of medicine, John Mallard, who has died aged 94, was one of the first to establish routine scanning services that revealed tumours in organs such as the brain and the liver. His team at the University of Aberdeen built the first whole-body MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner and produced the first clinically significant MRI images of a hospital patient.
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The closer the UK is forced together, the more likely it will break
Vital decisions about Wales and Scotland are unilaterally taken in Westminster, fueling the arguments for devolution
By Martin Kettle / The Guardian
It is often rightly claimed that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is determined not to lead the UK out of the EU only to preside over Britain’s own breakup.
Johnson is not as indifferent to the kingdom’s survival as some around him. The problem is that his chosen UK-survival strategy is increasingly having the opposite effect. It is threatening to aid the breakup of the UK, not to prevent it.
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