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Bioinformatician’s data protection work wins 2023 Einstein Prize

November 19, 2023
One of the world’s largest prizes for academic research has been awarded to the Belgian bioinformatician Yves Moreau for his work in promoting ethical standards in the use of human...

Newly launched firm secures £4.3 million seed funding to target drug-resistant bacteria

November 19, 2023
Glox Therapeutics, a company developing precision antibiotic therapies, has raised £4.3 million in seed funding to develop effective targeted therapeutics against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Record number of Lab Awards for 2023

November 12, 2023
Industry leaders and emerging talent dominated the winners of this year’s Lab Awards 2023, with the largest number of categories and shortlisted entrants to date.

Edward Witten wins 2023 Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics

November 12, 2023
American physicist, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Edward Witten has been awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics.

Bath puts safer water on the map via new OASIS

November 12, 2023
A portable water quality monitor developed by University of Bath students aims to enable rapid detection and mapping of safe water sources for communities across the globe.

AI ‘nearly twice as accurate’ as biopsies at grading some sarcomas

November 6, 2023
Tests comparing artificial intelligence and standard biopsies revealed that AI had an 86% greater success rate than its competitor, suggests new research from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and...

NPL and government/industry partners launch quantum standards pilot

November 6, 2023
The National Physical Laboratory has launched a pilot scheme designed to ensure the UK maintains a leading role in establishing international standards for quantum science.

Experts reveal five data strategies to improve mental health waiting lists

November 6, 2023
Burgeoning mental health treatment lists must be tackled with the adoptions of five key data strategies, says a leading consultant hired to overhaul the current systems of two leading London...

New map of UK 20th century land use throws light on biodiversity change

October 30, 2023
The first map has been produced that can detail how nearly all of Britain’s lowland meadows and pasture land was lost to increasingly intensive farming in the last century.

CGI signs three year Royal Institution Christmas Lectures deal

October 29, 2023
The Royal Institution (Ri) has launched a three-year agreement with business consultancy CGI as the title partner for its annual Christmas Lectures and in support of the organisation’s wider charitable...

ABB and Imperial agree second decade of carbon capture collaboration

October 28, 2023
Technology giant ABB and Imperial College London have renewed their longstanding carbon capture joint venture for a second 10 year period.

First UK total-body PET platform hailed as treatment/research groundbreaker

October 23, 2023
Leading medical bodies have pioneered the launch of the UK’s first total body non-invasive PET imaging technique for early onset disease identification.

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