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Deadline looms for seats at biggest-ever Lab Awards

October 4, 2023
Time is running out for securing tickets to this year’s Lab Awards, in what will be the largest scale version of the ceremony that has yet been staged.

Attoseconds, quantum dots and mRNA secure Nobel science prizes

October 4, 2023
Two researchers hailed by judges for their contributions to the “unprecedented” rate of vaccine development in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic are among the eight individuals to receive one...

STFC issues recruitment call for £85 mill UK project to build World’s most powerful laser

October 1, 2023
The Science and Technology Facilities Council is recruiting experts to participate in the construction of the Central Laser Facility’s Vulcan 20-20 laser.

Nikon video competition hails winner’s insights into neurodevelopment

October 1, 2023
A 48-hour time-lapse video of developing neurons within a chick embryo's central nervous system is the winning entry in this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition.

Top brands and rising stars lead Lab Awards 2023 shortlist

September 24, 2023
Many of the best known brands and names in the laboratory sector, together with rising stars, are on the shortlist for the 2023 Lab Awards.

Sheffield scientists aid steel city to lead sector’s transition to greener fuel

September 23, 2023
Sheffield's place as a steel industry pioneer could receive a renewed boost as it prepares to lead in the sector’s transition to cleaner fuel.

Work begins on Manchester’s £42 million specialist lab at Citylabs cluster

September 23, 2023
Construction has commenced on a pioneering £42 million specialist laboratory and office workspace project at the Citylabs cluster, a significant international health innovation campus.

Pistoia survey reveals AI is top tech investment for life sciences

September 19, 2023
AI and Machine Learning will be the top tech investment for life science companies over the next two years, suggests a new survey from The Pistoia Alliance in partnership with...

MRC £2 million targets hard to treat cancers

September 16, 2023
Cancers with notably poor survival rates are the targets of a £2 million Medical Research Council intervention to support researchers.

Plants and particles win Turlings and Shchutska top Swiss science awards

September 16, 2023
Biologist Ted Turlings and physicist Lesya Shchutska are this year’s winners of the the two highest awards in Swiss Science, the Marcel Benoist and Latsis prizes.

Lab News latest edition: Toxic testing in the field, tackling waste, consent and the clinic and more

September 11, 2023
Arable farming the sea, real time toxicity testing, the phage revival, clinical consent and why heavy industry could teach life science about tackling waste.

Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat

September 9, 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council are funding the Royal Veterinary College efforts to develop vaccines to tackle the most...

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