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Science MBA leaders scheme extended to Scotland

April 19, 2026
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A scholarship scheme to fund engineers and scientists to develop their commercial acumen at leading business schools is to be extended to Scotland. The Sainsbury Science Management Fellow Scholarship has...
Physics & Engineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences
Skills/Training
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Laboratory Talk News in Briefs latest…

April 16, 2026
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Our sister site, Laboratory Talk, provides a regular feed of short updates featuring news about acquisitions, lab builds, partnerships, appointments, new funding and more. Here is the latest report: Tydus...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Investment, Lab builds, R&D
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Rise in biochemical and chemical engineering UCAS numbers

April 14, 2026
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Recent UCAS data has revealed a growing interest in biochemical and chemical engineering, says the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). The number of university applicants with offers for studying the two...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering
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Scheme allows threatened plant to dock at island base

April 12, 2026
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One of the world’s rarest dock and coastal plants has received a massive conservation boost, thanks to a wholesale reintroduction at its Welsh stronghold.
Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental
Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Maths award adds up to nearly £2.8 mill for exchange research

April 10, 2026
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Two of Sweden’s leading institutions have donated the equivalent of £2.78 million to fund 16 mathematicians for work ranging from improved ice melt forecasting to the physics of the world’s...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Oceanography, Physics
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Lab gloves could inflate microplastics readings suggests study

April 4, 2026
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Scientists may be overestimating their assessments of microplastics pollution, with the cause lying literally in their own hands, suggests a new study. University of Michigan (U-M) researchers say they have...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Surface and microstructure Analysis
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IChemE chief heads inquiry into sector research

April 3, 2026
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IChemE has launched an inquiry into the state of chemical engineering research in the UK, headed by its president Raffaella Ocone. The organisation said it would “examine the strength, direction...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Policy
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Pistoia to publish guide to pharma firm social media listening

March 28, 2026
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The Pistoia Alliance is for the first time engaging health patients in its research, in order to aid its new research into the ethical use of social media listening by...
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Pharmaceutical
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Motor mimicry could offer insight into muscle conditions say researchers

March 21, 2026
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Mechanical motors created to mimic molecules that enable human muscles to contract could eventually offer new insight into ageing and conditions including muscular dystrophy, say scientists. Researchers working at the...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Aging, Molecular science, Physiology
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‘Breakthrough’ claimed for sustainable reuse of industrial rubber

March 21, 2026
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Two pioneering techniques for the sustainable use of nitrile rubber products as new carbon dioxide-capturing materials have been unveiled by the University of St Andrews.  Nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) is...
Materials, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Sustainability
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Woman wearing Cross Sense smart specs, winners of the Longitude dementia innovation award.

Cross Sense smart specs win Longitude dementia award £1mill grand prize

March 21, 2026
News
CrossSense, the smart glasses-based AI assistant designed to help early stage dementia sufferers with daily life tasks, has won the Longitude Prize’s long awaited grand award. The final and largest...
Physics & Engineering, Life Sciences
Dementia, Health
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Quantitative analysis of microplastics in shellfish using pyrolysis GCMS

March 16, 2026
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Many analytical techniques are capable of quantifying microplastics and those larger than 20µm can be analysed by FTIR and Raman spectroscopy on a count-based method. It is impossible to analyse...
Life Sciences
Biology, Microbiology
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