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‘University cash crisis will impact future of R&D’ warning

November 17, 2024
Reports that nearly three in four universities are facing deficits in the next financial year raise serious questions regarding the future of UK research and development, warns a leading higher...

Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research

November 14, 2024
Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology specimens per year. The site, which boasts full CQC registration and is seeking UKAS accreditation complements the...

Data FOMO may undermine clinical trials’ ROI, Phesi warns 

November 11, 2024
‘FOMO’ (fear of missing out) may be partly to blame for an over-collection of data that has dogged many phase III clinical trials, suggests new analysis by Phesi.

Life science leaders warn medicine’s Budget windfall must be supported by talent drive

November 11, 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget announcement of more than half a billion pounds-worth of investment in medicine manufacturing must be coupled with fresh effort to train a skilled workforce, warns a...

NAMs offer means for UK lead in chemical testing, say Government advisors

November 11, 2024
Britain should aim to establish itself as a global leader in testing by harnessing advanced technology to improve the assessment and regulation of dangerous chemicals, urges a key Whitehall departmental...

Budget delivers financial heft to Labour’s science R&D promises

November 3, 2024
The Labour government’s first Budget appeared to confirm a commitment to life sciences and research & development in order to help generate economic growth.

Lab Innovations Show 2024

November 1, 2024
This week Birmingham NEC hosted the 2024 Lab innovations Show, with exhibitors, speakers and attendees from across the UK and abroad together with the annual Lab Awards.

Lab Awards for the brightest and the best

November 1, 2024
Once again rising stars and leading industry brands competed for the hotly-contested Lab Awards, staged once again at the Lab Innovations Show in Birmingham’s NEC.

Birmingham cell science initiative promises cross-application testing

October 26, 2024
University of Birmingham Enterprise announces the launch of a new division, Biocell Energetics, to provide profiling and testing to assess how living cells produce energy.

Leukaemia research pioneers share £0.6 million fellowship funding

October 26, 2024
Four female scientists leading innovation in cancer research have won this year’s John Goldman Fellowships awarded by Leukaemia UK.

Creators vow lightweight material will be a booster for space travel

October 26, 2024
Academics in British and Indian universities claim they have developed a revolutionary material for storing liquid hydrogen space rocket propellent.

Finnish university on the circular economy CACE

October 19, 2024
Applications are invited for a recently debuted Master’s programme in circular economy chemistry and analytics, claimed to be the first of its kind worldwide.

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