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New Office of National Statistics figures reveal a sharp fall in the number of international students to the UK.

Ten year R&D budgets will encourage business to invest, says NCUB

May 23, 2025

The Department of Science, innovation and Technology’s commitment to provide 10 year funding for research budgets has been welcomed as a boost for stability and innovation in UK R&D.

Life Sciences

Covid-19, Policy

Call for biomedical collaboration as ‘window of opportunity’ looms

May 22, 2025

Biomedical and health research body the Academy of Medical Sciences has called upon industry, universities and the NHS to collaborate better in the run up to next month’s 10 year...

Life Sciences

Biotech, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Policy

Nominations open for the 2025 Lab Awards

May 22, 2025

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

The nominations process for this year’s Lab Awards has opened, with the winners to be announced at the Lab Innovations show in October.

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

Peers warn maths teaching seen as ‘irrelevant’ in data-driven era

May 22, 2025

UK maths education is failing to adapt to the AI and data-driven age, the chair of the House of Lords science and technology committee has told government.

National curriculum ‘biggest threat to practical science in schools’ warns survey

May 18, 2025

The demands of the national curriculum are the greatest obstacle to providing the hands-on lessons necessary to interest children in science, claims a report from a leading engineering association.

Researchers get to the heart of organ development

May 18, 2025

Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health

Advanced microscopy has enabled researchers to capture in real time the formation of an animal heart.

Life Sciences

Sydney duo apply quantum tech to dynamic molecules

May 17, 2025

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Australia’s University of Sydney say they have performed a breakthrough simulation of how molecules act when stimulated by light.

Computational Chemistry, Energy, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Quantum Physics

Study unearths role of fertilisers in crop metals uptake

May 8, 2025

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Animal based fertilisers ensure agriculture and water systems are less exposed to pollutants than those reliant on phosphate or sewage sludge, suggests a new study.

Environment, Food Science, Medical/Health, Soil Science

Lords urge UK to act now on visas in global fight for US STEM talent

May 6, 2025

UK immigration laws leave the country in danger of missing out on a “massive opportunity” to benefit from the departure of leading US-based scientists and researchers, warns the House of...

Shall I compare thee to soft robotics…?

May 6, 2025

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

A scientific revelation regarding rose petals has been hailed by its discoverers as a potential breakthrough for materials science.

Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science

Mosquito project overwhelmed by swarm of willing citizen scientists

May 4, 2025