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University of Bath aids £13.75 million chemical carbon project

Added: 20 May 2024

The University of Bath, a leader in the development of sustainable technology, is taking part in a …

Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Greet with scepticism

Added: 14 May 2024

AI isn’t going anywhere, says Matthew Partridge, so let’s stop worrying and think more about how to…

‘Citizen army’ sought to assess Scotland’s mosquito threat

Added: 13 May 2024

Citizen scientists are being recruited to help a collaborative project led by an alliance of academ…

Game Theory: Ecosystem – Coral Reef

Added: 7 May 2024

Like its namesake, Coral Reef is simple to appreciate but it’s challenging to master.

Nanotech provides Nelson with an edge over two old opponents

Added: 6 May 2024

Sophisticated nanotechnology is being employed to protect the legacy of Britain’s most famous admir…

Look to your assets

Added: 15 Apr 2024

Waste reduction or recycling is usually the focus for driving greener practice in the lab but what …

Honing in on the chemical lab

Added: 15 Apr 2024

This year’s version of the CHEMUK show is the largest ever but it also has an enhanced focus on the…

Science in the round

Added: 2 Apr 2024

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) remains one of Europe’s largest multidisciplin…

PacBio system to assist Estonia’s national genome scheme

Added: 1 Apr 2024

Estonia’s University of Tartu has chosen PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system for the next stage o…

Five years beavering bears water for ecologists

Added: 1 Apr 2024

An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed to…

Scaling the digital mountain

Added: 24 Mar 2024

Hub locations are as much a feature in healthcare as for life sciences in general. Ursula Costa out…

Aston and allies open doctoral centre for next generation greenhouse gas leaders

Added: 18 Mar 2024

Aston University is to host a doctoral training centre to train a new generation of scientists to h…

Farm to gutter: Genomic surveillance to track AMR

Added: 4 Mar 2024

Governments are waking up to the dangers presented by antimicrobial resistance but the focus on cli…

Radio waves offer gentler and more efficient way to alter bacteria DNA

Added: 3 Mar 2024

Radio waves have been successfully harnessed to provide a less traumatic means to alter the DNA of …

Jellyfish inspire fast forensics fingerprint breakthrough

Added: 3 Mar 2024

A new water soluble, non-toxic fluorescent spray that renders fingerprints visible in 10 seconds is…

Million dollar beep

Added: 19 Feb 2024

Digital hackers may be the bigger threat but don’t overlook the need for safeguards against more co…

UKSA £7.4 mill funds UK universities’ role in global space race

Added: 19 Feb 2024

UK Space Agency funding will enable university based scientists to be involved in a raft internatio…

Sea salt

Surrey makes history with two pinches of salt

Added: 19 Feb 2024

Scientists at the University of Surrey are claiming a first with their observations on the effects …

Report underlines economic returns on public investment in science

Added: 11 Feb 2024

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-commissioned research estimates that the org…

Keep it clean

Added: 5 Feb 2024

Chemical disinfectants are hazardous to lab staff, and if discharged into the wastewater, pose a he…