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PacBio to partner ‘first ever’ North African based dementia study

Added: 28 Apr 2025

Biotechnology company PacBio is to be a partner in a project to address the under representation of…

Evidence suggests chimps ‘bring it in’ like bonobos

Added: 28 Apr 2025

New research suggests chimpanzees and bonobos may not be markedly different from each other in thei…

Game Theory: Photosynthesis

Added: 14 Apr 2025

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

Chemical expansion

Added: 7 Apr 2025

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

Pirbright vows inaugural lab biosciences conference will become annual fixture

Added: 3 Apr 2025

The Pirbright Institute says that the success of its first UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference…

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…

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…

EPO: UK patent activity increases for third year but lags behind lead nations

Added: 27 Mar 2025

UK-based innovators have increased their patent filing activity in Europe for the third year in suc…

Spelling it out

Added: 24 Mar 2025

For professionals, the rules for furnishing safe and efficient lab spaces may be second knowledge b…

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…

Space scientist Aderin-Pocock to present bicentenary Ri Christmas Lectures

Added: 17 Mar 2025

Space scientist and broadcaster Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will present this year’s Royal Institutio…

A shared responsibility

Added: 17 Mar 2025

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

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Reversible composite adhesives offer new possibilities in material science

Added: 14 Mar 2025

Researchers have created reversible composite adhesives using molecular entanglement, enabling enha…

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…

Demand for EU critical chemicals law to ensure production of key molecules

Added: 13 Mar 2025

The EU must take action to protect production of nearly 20 key molecules deemed vital to industrial…

Design for lab-ing

Added: 10 Mar 2025

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

Integrity at all times

Added: 10 Mar 2025

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

Universities’ trio share £0.3 million as 2025 Blavatnik science laureates

Added: 9 Mar 2025

Three university scientists have shared nearly a third of a million pounds in prize money as laurea…

Disappearing glaciers ‘now second largest contributor to sea level rise’

Added: 2 Mar 2025

Glacier loss in central Europe was nearly 40% during this century, suggests a study by Belgium’s Vr…

ERJ Brainteaser: March

Second Innovate UK regulatory science initiative: £4.7 million for 11 projects

Added: 22 Feb 2025

Innovate UK has announced a second multimillion pound initiative in less than a month, to develop r…