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Gut health issues ‘raise risk for heart failure patients’

March 13, 2026
News
People with heart failure have 8% more chance of being hospitalised or dying if they also have poor gut health, says a study from the University of Leicester.
Life Sciences
Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy
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Collaborators apply intelligence to create smart telescopes

March 12, 2026
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Britain’s Hartree Centre facility has teamed with one of Africa’s leading astronomical institutions to develop an ‘intelligent observatory’ programme featuring smart, automated telescopes. The Hartree, which specialises in AI, high...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, Environment
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Consultation measures support for fast track access to medical device imports

March 11, 2026
News
Plans to speed up access to new healthcare devices by aligning regulation with the European Union and ‘comparable’ countries will be open to stakeholder consultation until early next month.
Life Sciences
Covid-19, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy
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NMRC site provides first ‘terrestrial anchor’ for UK space manufacturing

March 4, 2026
News
Work has finished on what will be the UK’s first in-space manufacturing hub, the new National Microgravity Research Centre (NMRC) based in South Wales.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Policy
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Bath combines biology and chemistry to thwart cancer drivers

March 4, 2026
News
University of Bath researchers are harnessing bacteria to develop millions of potential drug molecules inside living cells, in order to speed therapy development to combat hard-to-treat cancers.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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UK built detector components arrive in US for flagship neutrino experiment

March 4, 2026
News
Four ‘building-sized’ components which will play an essential role in the UK contribution to an ambitious international physics project have been shipped to the United States from the Daresbury Laboratory.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Energy, Environment, Particle Physics, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Ellison purchase swells Triangle’s lab space market but problems remain

March 1, 2026
News
Oxfordshire, a key part of UK life sciences’ Golden Triangle region, had an annual take-up of lab space last year amounting to 620,200 sq ft, says estate agent Bidwells.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Stratech acquisition signals further expansion for Europa Biosite

March 1, 2026
News
Cambridge Bioscience has purchased its fellow life sciences product distributor Stratech Scientific, in a move that further extends the reach of parent company Europa Biosite.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Genetics, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Oncology, Pharmaceutical
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Whale research suggests older lovers may have the best tunes

March 1, 2026
News
Declines in commercial whaling have produced a notable demographic change in humpback whale populations: a growth in the proportion of older fathers.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Environment, Marine Biology
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New owner welcomes acquisition of Laboratory News

February 22, 2026
News
Laboratory News has a new owner, following its acquisition by the pharmaceutical and healthcare publisher PMGroup Worldwide Ltd.
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Cambridge funds revolutionary underground work

February 22, 2026
News
Nature recovery programme Cumbria Connect has received funding from a key conservation group for its research investigating the unexplained role played by underground fungal networks in woodland creation.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Pathology, Policy, Soil Science
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Phesi founder: digital twins offer potential for combatting rare diseases

February 21, 2026
News
Digital twins are offering new therapeutic possibilities for diseases where the number of sufferers is small and for which little data exists, says a leading clinical trials expert.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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