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AI responsibility remains in our hands, warns Ri Christmas Lecturer
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Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool for better decision making but the ‘ethical buck’ stops …
Rudolph the blue-eyed reindeer, he can see the lichen glows…
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Rudolph’s red nose may be Christmas fiction but reindeer really do appear to possess another colour…
Treforest explosion victim named as Celtic Food Labs chief
Added: 18 Dec 2023
The sole victim of the major explosion on a South Wales industrial estate has been identified as th…
Testing giant invests millions in connected lab
Added: 18 Dec 2023
Global testing, inspection and certification services leader Element Materials Technology has commi…
RSC calls for better career access for chemists with disability
Added: 10 Dec 2023
The Royal Society of Chemistry has criticised its sector in a new report charging that it has done …
Slipping on ice may be down to too much alcohol (or salt)…
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Therapy ‘alters immune cells’ to fight unresponsive tumours
Added: 10 Dec 2023
Finnish researchers say they have discovered how a new cancer therapy can alter the function of imm…
Community helps overcome challenges of disability in science
Added: 7 Dec 2023
Chantelle Minchin was forced by illness to drop out of her previous university course and decided t…
Robots ‘offer effective intervention in combatting loneliness and negative emotions’
Added: 4 Dec 2023
‘Social’ robots employed during the pandemic to overcome isolation were able to help individuals st…
Flower power inspires drug cell breakthrough
Added: 4 Dec 2023
Bath university scientists have borrowed from nature to develop more stable versions of proteins an…
DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert
Added: 27 Nov 2023
Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in…
First phase of Oxford’s new 1 million sq. ft lab district begins
Added: 27 Nov 2023
Laing O’Rourke will begin the initial phase of Oxford North’s £700 million new innovation district,…
Autumn Statement: Chancellor confirms investment for growth via science
Added: 22 Nov 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today confirmed the expected raft of commitments to boost the UK economy wit…
BHF and UK DRI to create vascular dementia research centre
Added: 19 Nov 2023
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) will establish t…
Bioinformatician’s data protection work wins 2023 Einstein Prize
Added: 19 Nov 2023
One of the world’s largest prizes for academic research has been awarded to the Belgian bioinformat…
Newly launched firm secures £4.3 million seed funding to target drug-resistant bacteria
Added: 19 Nov 2023
Glox Therapeutics, a company developing precision antibiotic therapies, has raised £4.3 million in …
Record number of Lab Awards for 2023
Added: 12 Nov 2023
Industry leaders and emerging talent dominated the winners of this year’s Lab Awards 2023, with the…
Edward Witten wins 2023 Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics
Added: 12 Nov 2023
American physicist, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Edward Wit…
Bath puts safer water on the map via new OASIS
Added: 12 Nov 2023
A portable water quality monitor developed by University of Bath students aims to enable rapid dete…
AI ‘nearly twice as accurate’ as biopsies at grading some sarcomas
Added: 6 Nov 2023
Tests comparing artificial intelligence and standard biopsies revealed that AI had an 86% greater s…
