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Euro trio’s multimillion funding aims to crack tech algorithms challenge

Added: 25 Nov 2024

Three leading European research institutions, including two British universities will share grant m…

Research suggests heart condition impacted by many rather than one single gene

Added: 25 Nov 2024

New research has called into question the nature of the genetic catalysts for a leading cause of he…

Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti

Added: 25 Nov 2024

UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…

Bacteria point the way for sustainable space power

Added: 18 Nov 2024

An international research project involving scientists from Heriot-Watt University has found inspir…

‘University cash crisis will impact future of R&D’ warning

Added: 17 Nov 2024

Reports that nearly three in four universities are facing deficits in the next financial year raise…

Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research

Added: 14 Nov 2024

Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology…

NAMs offer means for UK lead in chemical testing, say Government advisors

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Britain should aim to establish itself as a global leader in testing by harnessing advanced technol…

Life science leaders warn medicine’s Budget windfall must be supported by talent drive

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget announcement of more than half a billion pounds-worth of investmen…

Data FOMO may undermine clinical trials’ ROI, Phesi warns 

Added: 11 Nov 2024

‘FOMO’ (fear of missing out) may be partly to blame for an over-collection of data that has dogged …

Budget delivers financial heft to Labour’s science R&D promises

Added: 3 Nov 2024

The Labour government’s first Budget appeared to confirm a commitment to life sciences and research…

Lab Awards for the brightest and the best

Added: 1 Nov 2024

Once again rising stars and leading industry brands competed for the hotly-contested Lab Awards, st…

Lab Innovations Show 2024

Added: 1 Nov 2024

This week Birmingham NEC hosted the 2024 Lab innovations Show, with exhibitors, speakers and attend…

Creators vow lightweight material will be a booster for space travel

Added: 27 Oct 2024

Academics in British and Indian universities claim they have developed a revolutionary material for…

Leukaemia research pioneers share £0.6 million fellowship funding

Added: 27 Oct 2024

Four female scientists leading innovation in cancer research have won this year’s John Goldman Fell…

Birmingham cell science initiative promises cross-application testing

Added: 27 Oct 2024

University of Birmingham Enterprise announces the launch of a new division, Biocell Energetics, to …

Swallow research produces Eppendorf win for Seeholzer

Added: 20 Oct 2024

American Laura Seeholzer is this year’s winner of the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology, i…

Finnish university on the circular economy CACE

Added: 20 Oct 2024

Applications are invited for a recently debuted Master’s programme in circular economy chemistry an…

Lab News roundup: multimillion investments and an RF breakthrough

Added: 18 Oct 2024

The University of Warwick is to invest £700 million in its West Midlands campus as part of its Conn…

Hydrogen bonding breakthrough for materials science

Added: 13 Oct 2024

New work from researchers could have the potential to offer breakthroughs in applications such as c…

Lab Innovations exhibitors to share on-stand expertise

Added: 13 Oct 2024

More than 4,000 attendees are expected to produce its largest-ever turnout for this year’s Lab Inno…