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AI, genes and proteins dominate Nobel 2024 prizes

October 10, 2024
Pioneering work in AI, gene regulation and protein science underpinned this year’s Nobel Prize science awards for physics, physiology or medicine, and chemistry.

Roche survey reveals global ignorance of HPV-cervical cancer link

October 7, 2024
Around one in two respondents to a multi-country survey had little or no knowledge of the role of HPV in cervical cancer, despite its significance in most reported cases.

Leading marine survey finds home at enlarged Plankton Lab

October 6, 2024
Charities supporter the Garfield Weston Foundation and the Marine Biological Association (MBA) have joined forces to enable the new Plankton Taxonomy Laboratory in Plymouth to host one of the world’s...

Uni-industry pairing to address UK lack of toxicology testing

October 6, 2024
Kingston University is joining forces with an East Anglian based testing specialist to open a new facility to address a shortage of toxicology services for the justice system.

Cool roofs could have saved c250 heatwave deaths, claims UCL/Exeter study

October 1, 2024
Nearly 250 lives could have been prevented during London’s record 2018 hot summer if the capital had made wide use of reflective colour roofs, claims joint research from UCL and...

Fundamentally unintelligent

September 30, 2024
AI didn’t invent job automation or fake images. Better to worry anyway about social media, urges Professor Brian J Ford…

Europe to mark lab science’s key role again with dedicated day

September 29, 2024
European Laboratory Day returns on 5 November to focus on the contribution of laboratory medicine professionals across the continent.

Aston AIME celebrates launch with collaborative science

September 21, 2024
The new Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence has hosted its official academic launch at Aston University with more than 100 leading biology, chemistry, physics and engineering academics and international speakers...

BioGrad announces national expansion with opening of York site

September 21, 2024
Laboratory testing specialist BioGrad Group has announced plans for a major site in York – the fifth site it will have established across Britain since 2022.

Replacing ultra-processed foods in diet associated with reduction in type 2 diabetes risk

September 15, 2024
A new study of the links between processed foods and diabetes risk suggests considerable variation, even within the higest degree ultra-processed food (UPF) category.

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