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Game Theory: Photosynthesis

Added: 14 Apr 2025

It’s fun before science with Photosynthesis, say Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner.

Integrity at all times

Added: 14 Apr 2025

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) plays a crucial role in engineering advanced materials but accur…

Chemical expansion

Added: 7 Apr 2025

After increasing to add a dedicated chemical lab zone last year, CHEMUK returns with a further addi…

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Engineering biology: converting lab R&D into outputs

Added: 7 Apr 2025

IChemE’s Duncan Lugton, who submitted evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committ…

Study reveals older exercisers are made of tougher stuff

Added: 6 Apr 2025

Older adults may be more physically resilient when exercising than is commonly supposed, according …

Sustainable sensor guards plant health and feeds the soil

Added: 1 Apr 2025

It sounds like an environmentalist’s dream: technology that helps boost crop yields and then compos…

Lab Babble: The war on science

Added: 31 Mar 2025

Wake up and smell the rot, urges Russ Swan.

Green chemistry: The path to sustainable reagents in laboratories

Added: 31 Mar 2025

Green chemistry is revolutionising the way we approach sustainability in science. Rachel Sully expl…

Fermenting resistance

Added: 24 Mar 2025

A study revealed that cancer cells that developed a high fermentative capacity became resistant and…

Transplanted microbiota offers hope in fight against cotton disease threat

Added: 18 Mar 2025

A disease that has devastated cotton crops worldwide is being tackled by a novel method of plant tr…

Further grant-aided purchase boosts AIME’s status as regional science leader

Added: 18 Mar 2025

Grant money of £1.5 million has enabled installation of a new mass spectrometer at Aston Institute …

Breaking the code

Added: 17 Mar 2025

Lab notebooks with cryptic code go back a long way, says Matthew Partridge.

A shared responsibility

Added: 17 Mar 2025

As World Health Organisation funding comes under threat, Hogan Bassey offers a reminder of how coor…

Megalodon's true shape sheds light on aquatic gigantism

Added: 13 Mar 2025

A new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica has revealed fresh insights into the anatomy of…

Design for lab-ing

Added: 10 Mar 2025

Product and marketing manager at leading lab furniture and equipment designer and manufacturer Tekn…

Banking on precision

Added: 3 Mar 2025

Despite limits in size and investment, biobanks such as Estonia’s are providing deeper understandin…

Uni teams share £1 million award for work to tackle dormant breast cancer

Added: 1 Mar 2025

Research teams from the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield will share £1 million to help unde…

Letters of mark

Added: 24 Feb 2025

Professional registration provides a clear indication of competency and access to valuable resource…

Virtual reality, actual implications

Added: 24 Feb 2025

Digitalisation is transforming the nature of healthcare by sidestepping previous physical constrain…

Therapy licence enables ‘life changing’ treatment for genetic blindness

Added: 22 Feb 2025

UCL retinal specialists received special permission to use a novel therapy to restore some sight to…