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Sample preparation of environmental samples for trace metal analysis

Added: 13 Aug 2024

A technical note is available from Analytix that highlights using a Milestone Ethos UP microwave di…

Unveiling the ripple effect

Added: 12 Aug 2024

Dr Gen Li returns to the theme of how the war in Ukraine has impacted global clinical development a…

Bezos fund gives £1.2 million to develop livestock methane vaccine

Added: 11 Aug 2024

The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded a UK medical institution a £1,200,000 grant to tackle livestock-me…

The evolution of CRISPR cell line technology

Added: 6 Aug 2024

CRISPR technology’s initial applications were primarily focused on targeted genome editing, but its…

Shafted by progress

Added: 29 Jul 2024

There was little chance of Archimedes losing his screw; things are very different today, reflects M…

Baby camels identified as key factor in animal to human MERS virus transmission 

Added: 29 Jul 2024

Young camels have been identified as a significant contributor in exposing humans to the potentiall…

A matter of scale

Added: 22 Jul 2024

Funding support and infrastructure are needed to bring bio-based products and processes to market a…

PrISMa creators aim to bridge net zero innovation’s valley of death

Added: 22 Jul 2024

It’s the phrase that encapsulates the perennial challenge of transitioning a successful laboratory …

Freudenberg-NOK develops bio-EPDM

Surrey takes the p… in order to feed the world

Added: 22 Jul 2024

It sounds like the classic p… take but work is underway on a project to counter the world shortage …

Frogs’ secret defence leaves would-be predators stuck for answers

Added: 13 Jul 2024

Notorious for their ability to produce defensive toxins, frogs can also employ another, less well-k…

Vallance assumes key science ministerial role

Added: 7 Jul 2024

Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined the newly elected Labour administra…

Machine learning offers means to raise accuracy of cancer analysis

Added: 11 Jun 2024

AI collaborators in Britain and the UK have developed a computer system that they say can spot canc…

Seaweed-to-packaging spinout scoops £4million-plus private investment 

Added: 9 Jun 2024

Bath university spinout Kelpi has secured £4.35 million in funding from a slew of City firms to lau…

Microbes

Light technology ‘may offer sustainable AMR solution’ 

Added: 9 Jun 2024

New technology pioneered by an Italian company working with University of Birmingham scientists cou…

Casting light on the matter

Added: 4 Jun 2024

Instrument manufacturer Waters Corporation has teamed up with the University of Surrey to provide s…

Biobased building materials may be less sustainable than concrete, study suggests

Added: 3 Jun 2024

Mycelium composites made from fungi and agricultural residue, can have a bigger environmental impac…

Hurricane hunters

Added: 29 May 2024

Cruising thousands of feet above the Arctic through a raging storm isn’t the most congenial researc…

Polystyrene recycling pioneers claim energy efficiency and cost effectiveness

Added: 28 May 2024

Creators of a new process claim that it has the potential to boost polystyrene recycling massively …

Computational design enables uni duo’s materials science breakthrough

Added: 28 May 2024

A joint research team from two UK universities has employed computational design to develop new met…

Six degrees of separation

Added: 20 May 2024

Labs play an essential role in advancing sustainability in the wider world but they need to tackle …