January 15, 2024

There’s nothing arcane about furniture modularity, in fact it’s intrinsic to plans for creating a science superpower, insists Michelle Locke.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Health & Safety

January 14, 2024

Cleanroom microbiology solutions leader Cherwell Laboratories has been acquired by the German global group AnalytiChem, which operates subsidiaries based in Europe, North America and Australia.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology

January 14, 2024

Infectious disease surveillance pioneer Rachel McKendry has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize.

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Covid-19, Engineering, Health & Safety, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmacology, Virology

January 8, 2024

Britain’s replacement to the Erasmus Programme scholarships attained less than 60% of its target number of students during its launch year, says the Department of Education.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy

January 8, 2024

Aston University is investing £18 million in doctoral research funding to realise its aim of being a university leader in science, technology and enterprise.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biotech, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy

December 21, 2023

Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford as the location for its state of the art genomics lab opening in early 2024.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biotech, Cell Biology, Genetics, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical

December 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool for better decision making but the ‘ethical buck’ stops with us, warns leading AI expert and Royal Institution Christmas lecturer, Professor Mike Wooldridge.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Environment, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy

December 18, 2023

Global testing, inspection and certification services leader Element Materials Technology has committed £7.9 million (US$10 million) towards a new connected technologies laboratory near Guildford.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials

Biology, Chemistry, Environment, Food & Bev, Materials, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical

December 18, 2023

The sole victim of the major explosion on a South Wales industrial estate has been identified as the founder of the testing laboratory Celtic Food Labs.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science

December 10, 2023

It’s a challenge for pedestrians and road users but also a major problem for industry: why are some ice deposits more slippery than others?

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Analytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Materials