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Royal Assent opens door to gene edited food in UK
Added: 29 Mar 2023
The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened…
Keener on greener
Added: 27 Mar 2023
Sustainability was the core of Lab Innovations’ MyGreenLab/Laboratory News seminar series. In the f…
Colouring our view
Added: 20 Mar 2023
The work of spectroscopy’s early pioneers continues to influence us today, says Brian J Ford, and i…
Sustainably feeding the world with genomics-driven agriculture
Added: 5 Mar 2023
As cell meat manufacture develops in the lab, science is increasingly impacting arable farming in t…
From petri dish to dinner plate
Added: 27 Feb 2023
Lab grown meat is developing into a multibillion pound industry but scaling up has challenges, expl…
Treasury opts for stealth to ‘announce’ takeback of £1.6 bill EU Horizon funds
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Some £1.6 billion in funds allocated for scientific research has been taken back by the Treasury.
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Southampton University’s featherweight plans knockout blow for space debris
Added: 15 Feb 2023
Southampton University researchers have successfully piloted the launch of a small scale plasma thr…
UEA survey seeks to improve disabled access to lab professions
Added: 14 Feb 2023
University of East Anglia researchers are appealing to participants nationwide to contribute to the…
Weighing: the environmental impact
Added: 10 Feb 2023
Labs are used to taking account of the effect of their processes on the environment but on a smalle…
Help us to open the lab to talent and disability
Added: 8 Feb 2023
Katherine Deane explains how your input can ensure the Access All Areas project enables science to …
Scientific nesting places
Added: 6 Feb 2023
If the day job leaves little space to stay abreast of happenings in the lab world, Twitter does hav…
A guarantee of security?
Added: 6 Feb 2023
One of Europe’s leading microbiologists wants EU legislators to follow the UK’s lead and relax the …
Rare mineral project offers means to tackle acid effect on ocean life
Added: 29 Jan 2023
Scientists at Heriot-Watt and Hamburg universities say they have developed a process to boost ocean…
Lowering the barriers to nitrate analysis
Added: 9 Jan 2023
Nitrogen pollution receives less environmental attention than it has merited, says Calum Preece, bu…
Call for targeted approach to boost bird-friendly farming
Added: 8 Jan 2023
Threatened farmland bird species would benefit from a more strategic investment of resources rather…
NASA awaits return of landmark space experiments cargo
Added: 8 Jan 2023
Samples from pioneering experiments into radiation, hydroponics and bioprospecting in microgravity …
The Amazon is vital to the global ecosystem but it is nobody’s ‘lung’
Added: 17 Dec 2022
The rainforest makes a crucial contribution, says Brian J Ford but it does not produce the oxygen w…
UK poised to be world-leading lab-grown meat producer, claims patent firm
Added: 17 Dec 2022
The United Kingdom is on course to play a major international role in the development of lab-grown …
Can you use a large electron microscope next to a freight train?
Added: 5 Dec 2022
Thomas E Davies describes the challenges of operating highly sensitive equipment in a city environm…
Automated material analysis offers cut to cost and human error
Added: 4 Dec 2022
Researchers in Japan have developed a method to automate a mathematical procedure used to analyse X…
