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Evident returns to focus on the small and scientifically beautiful

October 18, 2025
One of the world’s best known photomicrography competitions, Evident’s Image of the Year, is inviting entries for 2026.

‘Commercial seeds could threaten native wildflowers’ claim

October 18, 2025
Commercial seeds used to help revive meadowland and plant diversity could have the opposite effect on the British countryside, says a study by Durham University scientists.

Uni receives quarter million lab funding despite widespread NSF cuts

October 11, 2025
America’s Hawai’i Pacific University (HPU) has received a two year grant of nearly US$243,780 for rare earth metal research designed to boost undergraduate experience of professional lab work.

UK’s rarest reptile takes firmer hold in Devon

September 28, 2025
Conservation efforts to save Britain’s rarest native reptile have resulted in a 25% year on year increase in numbers at a key site in the west country.

Nuclear associations’ deal aims to foster greater US-UK exchange 

September 18, 2025
The UK’s Nuclear Institute and the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have signed an agreement to offer reciprocal membership.

Spin-out’s £10 million aims to replace 10 billion single use plastic items

September 6, 2025
Cambridge university spin-out Xampla has won investment worth millions to enable it to develop plant-based polymers capable of replacing single-use plastics.

Chemical ‘LEGO’ hints at life’s origins

August 31, 2025
Scientists have succeeded in linking amino acids with ribonucleic acid (RNA) to suggest how the pairing might have occurred spontaneously at the origin of life.

Sensing what’s right

August 25, 2025
Rigorous cleanroom certification requires accurate, real-time data. Microchip technology provided by sophisticated integrated circuits ensure sensors are up to the task, says Ross Turnbull.

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