A drug used to treat diabetes could help women who have suffered repeated miscarriages to have a baby. Around one in a hundred couples trying to fall pregnant can suffer recurrent miscarriage, which is defined as having three or more miscarriages in a row. In half of cases there is no identifiable cause. Research by a team at Warwick Medical School and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire have shown diabetes medication sitagliptin helps to increase the number of stem cells in the lining of the womb, which can help create the right conditions for a healthy pregnancy. Sitagliptin is a…

Scientists have created what they say is the world's most efficient lithium-sulphur battery, capable of providing power to a smartphone for five continuous days. The Australian developers say the battery, which uses low-cost sulphur in its electrodes, could also power an electric vehicle to drive more than 620 miles. The Australian researchers responsible have filed a patent for the technology, which could outperform leading battery manufacturers by more than four times if commercialised. Sulphur has great potential in battery technology due to its high energy density – lithium-sulphur batteries are capable of storing up to 10 times more energy than…