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Lab Talk News in Brief

April 30, 2026
News
Our sister title Laboratory Talk presents a regular round up of short news reports from across the sector, following investment funding, R&D, appointments, funding, lab space, digitalisation and more. Here...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Appointments, Digitalisation, Investment, Lab space, R&D
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AstraZeneca U-turn green lights £300m, two-site spend in Cambridge and Macclesfield

April 29, 2026
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AstraZeneca has made a dramatic U-turn on its investments in UK life sciences, announcing it will now proceed with a £300 million outlay in its Cambridge and Macclesfield sites. Last...
Life Sciences
Drugs development, Investment, Pharmaceutical
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Biotech investment up 17% as UK secures Europe’s largest venture capital share

April 27, 2026
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Financing for UK biotech jumped 17% at the start of the year from the previous quarter, with equity financing passing the £0.5bn mark. New figures from the UK BioIndustry Association...
Life Sciences
Investment
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Microscopic astronauts’ space lab takes pioneering journey

April 26, 2026
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Space travel involving animals is nothing new but a British contribution to the International Space Station may be harnessing the smallest species yet. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) funded Fluorescent...
Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astrobiology, Instrumentation, Radiation, Space science
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CHEMUK2026: Chemicals, with a laboratory slant

April 21, 2026
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CHEMUK’s remit runs wider than the laboratory but includes a specific focus upon it, linking what happens at the bench with industrial end results. “From the plant engineer searching for...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Birmingham NEC, CHEMUK, Trade Show
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Science MBA leaders scheme extended to Scotland

April 19, 2026
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A scholarship scheme to fund engineers and scientists to develop their commercial acumen at leading business schools is to be extended to Scotland. The Sainsbury Science Management Fellow Scholarship has...
Physics & Engineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences
Skills/Training
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Laboratory Talk News in Briefs latest…

April 16, 2026
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Our sister site, Laboratory Talk, provides a regular feed of short updates featuring news about acquisitions, lab builds, partnerships, appointments, new funding and more. Here is the latest report: Tydus...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Investment, Lab builds, R&D
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Rise in biochemical and chemical engineering UCAS numbers

April 14, 2026
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Recent UCAS data has revealed a growing interest in biochemical and chemical engineering, says the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). The number of university applicants with offers for studying the two...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering
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When plasma leaves the laboratory

April 13, 2026
Insight
The orbital laboratory is evolving into something more ambitious, a controlled industrial environment for producing next-generation materials, explains Ed Smith and Andrew Griffiths. For decades, crystalline research in space has been an invaluable...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Policy
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Scheme allows threatened plant to dock at island base

April 12, 2026
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One of the world’s rarest dock and coastal plants has received a massive conservation boost, thanks to a wholesale reintroduction at its Welsh stronghold.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Botany, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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