All Biological Sciences

Too much monkey business?
Added: 16 Sep 2019
Despite the fantastic work going on in animal-replacement technologies and method development, why …

The good, the bad and the brexit
Added: 16 Sep 2019
The new Government has been in place for only a few weeks now and in that time, we’ve already had a…

Seven virtual data hubs to boost health R&D
Added: 13 Sep 2019
The UK government is funding seven new virtual data-sharing hubs to help develop new treatments for…

Celebrating the improbable
Added: 13 Sep 2019
Another year, another heart-warming evening commemorating the silly, unusual and often random side …

eDNA project launches first sampling event
Added: 12 Sep 2019
An international environmental DNA project that uses citizen science to monitor waterways has start…

Scotland plans lung cancer biomarker rollout
Added: 11 Sep 2019
A NHS-backed trial in Scotland using blood biomarkers to detect early signs of lung cancer four yea…

Scalable membrane could filter greenhouse gases
Added: 11 Sep 2019
A new membrane filtration could be used to separate greenhouse gases from waste emissions on an ind…

Intestinal microbiota shows potential as diagnostic tool
Added: 10 Sep 2019
The composition of intestinal microbiology can influence chances of developing bowel cancer, resear…

Matter over mind
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Materials science and nanotech are vital for developing implantable microdevices but there are seve…

Are you ready for show time?
Added: 9 Sep 2019
Once again we are delighted to have partnered with the Lab Innovations show – and we want you to be…

AI biomarker predicts heart attacks
Added: 5 Sep 2019
A new AI-powered imaging biomarker is said to predict hearts attacks at least five years before the…

Medipath adds AI diagnostics to pathology labs
Added: 5 Sep 2019
AI diagnostics company Ibex Medical Analytics has partnered Medipath, the largest network of privat…

WHO joins Plan S
Added: 3 Sep 2019
The World Health Organisation has become the first United Nations agency to join Plan S, the global…

Drought-resistant cereal gene isolated
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Plant scientists have identified a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley that could lea…

Ghost of science future
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Well, here we are. Four months from the completion of the second decade in the third millennium.

Nature’s Bricks and Mortar
Added: 2 Sep 2019
This image shows the internal structure of a blood clot.

International research projects get £3.6M
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Research England has divvied up £3.6 million for eight research institutions in the UK to help fund…

Oldest parasitic DNA found in coprolite
Added: 28 Aug 2019
The oldest parasite DNA ever recorded has been discovered in fossilised puma faeces.

A mysterious relationship
Added: 28 Aug 2019
It is hardly a secret that obesity continues to emerge as a pandemic, but less well known is the bi…

BES plans ‘double blind’ peer review trial
Added: 23 Aug 2019
The British Ecological Society has announced it will be conducting a randomised trial to determine …