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The downsides of ‘social’ science

Added: 30 Jan 2023

Familiarity with online media hasn’t made Russ Swan any fonder of it.

UK biotech investment plunges 60% from previous year's all-time high

Added: 29 Jan 2023

UK biotech investment for 2022 dropped from the previous year’s all-time record, reveals the latest…

Medicines Discovery Catapult and SMi gain funding for ‘one second’ biomarker technology

Added: 29 Jan 2023

A project that aims to detect several cancer-associated biomarkers from a single blood sample in un…

Keeping laboratory data secure

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Data’s vital to the modern lab but attracts unwanted attention. Proper cybersecurity is paramount, …

Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Something for the weekend

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Matthew Partridge wonders where does a shorter working week leave that staple of the lab, the weeke…

Judges announced for £4 million Longitude Prize for AI-assisted dementia technology

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Leading figures from academia, charities and medical institutions are among the judges chosen for t…

Government aid for healthcare innovation trio welcomed

Added: 22 Jan 2023

InnoScot Health, the private body working with NHS Scotland to drive commercial innovation in the s…

Measuring up for modern times

Added: 16 Jan 2023

The latest iteration of the International System of Units has been a long time coming, explains Ric…

Breast cancer studies top global clinical trials for 2022

Added: 15 Jan 2023

Breast cancer remains the most studied disease according to recent global analysis of thousands of …

Treatments remain effective for Mpox says study  

Added: 15 Jan 2023

Joint research by British and German institutions suggest that current drugs used to combat the glo…

UK’s second largest biobank eyes 1 million samples in first year 

Added: 15 Jan 2023

BioGrad is set to open the country's second largest biobank facility within a £7.6 million investme…

The EU clinical clock is ticking

Added: 9 Jan 2023

With the 31 January 2023 switch to new EU Clinical Trial Regulations fast approaching, Werner Engel…

Harvard team uses rubber to mimic complex birdsongs

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…

Chemical sector welcomes REACH deadline consultation results

Added: 8 Jan 2023

Chemical sector businesses and organisations have overwhelmingly backed extension of transitional r…

LifeArc pairs with Euro partner to improve respiratory disease outcomes

Added: 17 Dec 2022

Life science charity LifeArc has embarked on a three year partnership with the European Multicentre…

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…

Liverpool industry and academia join forces with new solution to fight hospital infections

Added: 17 Dec 2022

Antimicrobial coatings will be installed on a trial basis for touchscreens and door handles in the …

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 …

Top US lab hails its nuclear fusion breakthrough

Added: 14 Dec 2022

US scientists have hailed a landmark achievement in nuclear fusion that could one day transform ene…

Northern Ireland launches joined up diagnostics programme 

Added: 11 Dec 2022

Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care service will combine millions of digital patient images i…