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Latest Lab Talk News in Brief: digital expansion, new build, tech collab, new markets, financing…

July 16, 2026
News
The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative has expanded its national digital pathology network to 15 hospital sites following the addition of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The platform enables...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Acquisitions, Biology, Medical/Health, R&D
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Genomic study sheds light on ‘Typhoid Mary’ carriers

July 12, 2026
News
Researchers have carried out the first large-scale genomic study of enteric fever carriage in England and Wales, revealing that the risk of unknowingly spreading the disease appears to depend more...
Life Sciences
Biology, Epidemiology, Genomics, Pathology
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Heavy metal stress impacts fungi/plant relationships

July 12, 2026
News
Heavy metal pollution can alter the relationship between trees and the fungi that support them, according to research from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), offering new insights into how forests respond...
Earth & Environmental, Chemistry
Biology, Mycology
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International team to investigate origins of evolutionary innovation

June 28, 2026
News
A University of Aberdeen researcher has secured a prestigious international grant to investigate how entirely new traits evolve in animals. Dr Victoria Sleight is part of an international collaboration awarded...
Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental
Biology, Genetics, Zoology
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Gut monitoring device secures £1.6m for clinical studies

June 28, 2026
News
A Midlands medical technology company has secured £1.6m to evaluate a device designed to monitor gut health by analysing bowel sounds, with the aim of providing clinicians with objective data...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, diagnostics
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Harness your greatest fan

June 24, 2026
Insight
Follow the news and there’s much confusion about keeping cool. Today’s summary on the BBC recommends drawing your curtains and staying indoors, but didn’t mention the best way to keep...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Biology, climate, Comment, temperature regulation
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A disparity born of oversight: recognising women in science

June 23, 2026
Insight
Dr Bernice Wright pays tribute to some of the most impactful women in the life sciences, and the vital role they continue to play … Women have long shaped the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Comment, Nobel prize, Women in science
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Implantable photonic device could improve delivery of bladder cancer therapy

June 21, 2026
News
Engineers and cancer researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed an implantable photonic device designed to improve the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy for bladder cancer. The technology, described in...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Oncology, Photonics
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Was Clarkson’s cow killed for nothing?

June 20, 2026
Insight
Did you watch Clarkson’s Farm the other evening? That poor cow Pepper was culled after routine tuberculosis tests. Clarkson was furious, and the nation was up in arms, writes professor...
Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental
Biology, Comment, Vaccines
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Chartered status, what’s in it for the biologists?

June 8, 2026
Popularly associated with accountants and engineers, chartered status is an accreditation that indicates not only training and education but also a significant level of professional experience. Laurence Dawkins-Hall explains its...
Life Sciences
Biology, Certification
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