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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.
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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…

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…

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…