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Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…
New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge
Added: 8 Dec 2024
A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…
Austria invests c€4 million in cognitive study of polarisation and misinformation
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Austria’s leading funding body for research is investing nearly €4 million in a multi-disciplinary …
LLMs’ neuroscience predictions leave the experts trailing
Added: 1 Dec 2024
They’ve long since proved their effectiveness in information retrieval. Now large language models h…
Cell detectives offer clues to counter rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups
Added: 1 Dec 2024
The body’s ‘cell detectives’ could be employed as biomarkers for one of the world’s most widespread…
UK space sector growth promises benefits for lab R&D
Added: 1 Dec 2024
Lab innovation has helped enable the UK space sector’s expansion rate to outstrip the wider economy…
Tree Bingo combines entertainment and enjoyment
Added: 25 Nov 2024
What is Tree Bingo?
Well sometimes a game does exactly what it states on the box; Tree Bingo is bi…
Get with the program
Added: 25 Nov 2024
Valuable research by non-native English speakers gets missed, suggests Adrian Wallwork, because of …
Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti
Added: 25 Nov 2024
UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…
Research suggests heart condition impacted by many rather than one single gene
Added: 25 Nov 2024
New research has called into question the nature of the genetic catalysts for a leading cause of he…
Lab Babble: A certain ratio
Added: 18 Nov 2024
And the award goes to... a man. Perhaps we need to look more critically at the gender imbalance amo…
Translating food safety from the laboratory to the factory floor
Added: 17 Nov 2024
Advances in the science of food safety might begin with the laboratory but much of the pressures fo…
‘University cash crisis will impact future of R&D’ warning
Added: 17 Nov 2024
Reports that nearly three in four universities are facing deficits in the next financial year raise…
Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research
Added: 14 Nov 2024
Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology…
Transparency is key to tackling drugs shortages
Added: 11 Nov 2024
However fast labs develop new therapies, the complex route to patients exacerbates shortages that c…
Build the wall!
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Relax, Matthew Partridge hasn’t gone MAGA; his target’s lab chore dodgers.
NAMs offer means for UK lead in chemical testing, say Government advisors
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Britain should aim to establish itself as a global leader in testing by harnessing advanced technol…
Life science leaders warn medicine’s Budget windfall must be supported by talent drive
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget announcement of more than half a billion pounds-worth of investmen…
Budget delivers financial heft to Labour’s science R&D promises
Added: 3 Nov 2024
The Labour government’s first Budget appeared to confirm a commitment to life sciences and research…
Global focus: the key to infectious disease control
Added: 31 Oct 2024
President of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, Professor Paul Ananth Tambyah expla…
