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Liverpool team’s novel material promises boost to IoT storage capabilities

Added: 29 Jan 2025

University of Liverpool scientists have developed a novel material they claim may enable internet o…

Coolly compliant

Added: 27 Jan 2025

Upgrading and replacing assets such as refrigeration equipment requires careful attention not only …

How automated tools can speed toxicology tests 

Added: 27 Jan 2025

Toxicology assessments can be time consuming, but digital repositories and tools can aid the proces…

At the heart of things

Added: 20 Jan 2025

London’s role as a lab science location has been limited by shortage of sites but evidence suggests…

Hydrogen hub invests £3million in groundbreaking net zero projects

Added: 20 Jan 2025

Funding valued at £3 million is to be shared among 10 research projects that aim to develop technol…

Lab Babble: Citizen riff

Added: 13 Jan 2025

Russ Swan does his bit for volunteer science.

Strategy launched to futureproof UK role in materials innovation

Added: 13 Jan 2025

The long-awaited National Materials Innovation Strategy has launched with the claim that a committe…

Lab and fieldwork combine to ensure Beauty moth is a little less rare

Added: 6 Jan 2025

An experimental combination of captive breeding and habitat management has seen one of the UK’s rar…

Gravitational lensing and international teamwork unveils 44 unknown stars

Added: 6 Jan 2025

Physicists from across the world studying a distant galaxy in a multinational project have discover…

Access your free copy of the Laboratory News Christmas issue…

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…

Sea-savvy tech provides longest ever study of destructive water currents

Added: 16 Dec 2024

Durham University scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in marine geoscience, using seabe…

Biobanks: a vital investment in precision medicine

Added: 8 Dec 2024

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

New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge

Added: 8 Dec 2024

A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…

Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys

Added: 8 Dec 2024

Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…

UK space sector growth promises benefits for lab R&D

Added: 1 Dec 2024

Lab innovation has helped enable the UK space sector’s expansion rate to outstrip the wider economy…

Tree Bingo combines entertainment and enjoyment

Added: 25 Nov 2024

What is Tree Bingo?

Well sometimes a game does exactly what it states on the box; Tree Bingo is bi…

Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti

Added: 25 Nov 2024

UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…

Bacteria point the way for sustainable space power

Added: 18 Nov 2024

An international research project involving scientists from Heriot-Watt University has found inspir…

Transparency is key to tackling drugs shortages

Added: 11 Nov 2024

However fast labs develop new therapies, the complex route to patients exacerbates shortages that c…

Creators vow lightweight material will be a booster for space travel

Added: 27 Oct 2024

Academics in British and Indian universities claim they have developed a revolutionary material for…