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Ghost of science future

Added: 2 Sep 2019

Well, here we are. Four months from the completion of the second decade in the third millennium.

Forensics in crisis?

Added: 2 Sep 2019

A drop in forensics R&D funding and no central body for forensics services is putting justice in je…

International research projects get £3.6M

Added: 29 Aug 2019

Research England has divvied up £3.6 million for eight research institutions in the UK to help fund…

Going viral

Added: 28 Aug 2019

Foodborne viruses present a major challenge to the safety of a range of foods including ready–to–ea…

A real chemical showman

Added: 28 Aug 2019

Science populariser and chemist extraordinaire Andrea Sella will be a keynote speaker at this year’…

BES plans ‘double blind’ peer review trial

Added: 23 Aug 2019

The British Ecological Society has announced it will be conducting a randomised trial to determine …

RC of Pathologists opens new £12M HQ

Added: 20 Aug 2019

The Royal College of Pathologists has relocated its headquarters to a new £12 million office in Ald…

Five things you learn from working in cleanrooms

Added: 19 Aug 2019

Want to avoid committing a serious faux pas before you start working in cleanrooms? That would be h…

UC Davis partners pharmaceutical for cannabis research

Added: 15 Aug 2019

The University of California has partnered Biopharmaceutical Research Company to conduct research i…

You are never too successful for lunch

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Everyone knows that the fulcrum around which a successful lab swings is, of course, lunch. But what…

Advancing a technical career

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Is your team motivated, professional, adaptable, connected, and competent?

Brexit: No-deal is a bad deal for UK science

Added: 9 Aug 2019

In a video livestreamed from his desk at Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson a…

PM announces new NHS AI lab

Added: 8 Aug 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has allocated £250 million for investment in AI, including a new lab f…

UK food safety company partners cannabis producer

Added: 5 Aug 2019

Scottish food safety company R-Biopharm Rhône will supply its test kits to an unnamed Canadian cann…

Reproducibility comes as standard (part 2)

Added: 5 Aug 2019

Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…

Agar Scientific buys London Resin Company

Added: 2 Aug 2019

Laboratory equipment supplier Agar Scientific has acquired London Resin Company for an undisclosed …

Health data alliance adds eight members

Added: 1 Aug 2019

The UK Health Data Research Alliance (HDR UK) has added eight health organisations to increase the …

Reproducibility comes as standard (part 1)

Added: 29 Jul 2019

Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…

Volunteer data to build new AI diagnostics

Added: 26 Jul 2019

The UK government has announced a volunteer programme that will support the development of new trea…

Ozone smog will get worse with climate change

Added: 25 Jul 2019

Rising temperatures due to climate change will increase concentrations of ozone in the air to dange…