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Plant peacemaker’s segregation keeps ant wars at bay
July 19, 2025
Plants from the Pacific based genus Squamellaria which have adapted to encourage the presence of ants are sometimes referred to as having been domesticated by the insects.

Ri receives boosts for outreach and environmental overhaul
July 18, 2025
Urenco is to support the Royal Institution (Ri) in its efforts to expand its Young Scientist Centre to reach a wider audience, including the most deprived areas of the country.

Heat deaths could rise 50 times in 50 years, claims new report
July 13, 2025
Rising temperatures and an aging population could result in a fiftyfold increase in heat related deaths in England and Wales over the next half century, suggests a new research paper.

Volunteers’ lichen finds give conservation boost to rare rainforest
July 5, 2025
Citizen science volunteers have identified two rare lichens never before recorded in the north of England.
UK leads in Europe for life science foreign investment projects
June 29, 2025
The UK was Europe overall’s leading European destination for life sciences foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, attracting a total of 86 projects.

Birmingham four win RSC research prizes
June 28, 2025
The University of Birmingham is celebrating Royal Society of Chemistry research prize wins for four of its scientists.

Climate change is boosting soil-based pathogen development warns report
June 28, 2025
Global warming is enhancing the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil microbes, warns a new report.

Innovation centre invests in algae to tackle minewater contaminants
May 31, 2025
Synthetic biology hub SynbiCITE has awarded grant funding to aid a firm’s research into the use of microalgae for combatting mine water pollution.

Space science helps target medicine’s ‘final frontier’
May 28, 2025
Space pioneers have joined an international effort to unravel the mechanisms behind what they describe as one of medicine’s last frontiers: the aging process.

Securing the base
May 27, 2025
Lack of reliable access and sufficient supply of chemicals can undermine laboratory operations, warns Erica Hirsch. Ensuring smooth logistics and well documented sourcing is a must.

