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Nanotech provides Nelson with an edge over two old opponents

Added: 6 May 2024

Sophisticated nanotechnology is being employed to protect the legacy of Britain’s most famous admir…

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Human placenta map offers hope against pregnancy threats

Added: 6 May 2024

Pregnancy safe therapies for deadly diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria could be b…

Innovate UK grants £1million to gene therapy trio

Added: 6 May 2024

Innovate UK has awarded a grant of more than £1 million to a trio of organisations working together…

Working party shares 7 point plan for control of animal-to-human diseases

Added: 28 Apr 2024

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has released its recommendations regarding the potential use of …

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Cell conversion technique ‘offers boost for personalised treatments’

Added: 28 Apr 2024

Prospects for personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could have been boost…

‘Moon lander’ molecule caught on the move

Added: 28 Apr 2024

A combination of spectroscopy and computer simulations have revealed how pyramidal molecules are ab…

Birmingham’s triage seeks way round drug discovery’s ‘valley of death’

Added: 21 Apr 2024

Birmingham university has shared details of its drug development model, designed to overcome one of…

Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role

Added: 21 Apr 2024

The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Al…

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Inventors claim new microscope offers major advance for spintronics

Added: 21 Apr 2024

Developers responsible for a new microscope say its improved technology enables the instrument to v…

‘Heartphone’ tracker could revolutionise disease prevention

Added: 14 Apr 2024

The popularity of the smartphone could provide significant advances in the rate of detection of hea…

Traditional Japanese artistry inspires materials science breakthrough

Added: 14 Apr 2024

Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have introduced a new method f…

Science mourns Nobel physicist Higgs

Added: 14 Apr 2024

Tributes been made worldwide to Peter Higgs, the Nobel-winning physicist who gave his name to the H…

Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding

Added: 7 Apr 2024

The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at i…

Study links inbreeding and pregnancy loss in horses

Added: 7 Apr 2024

Mid and late term pregnancy loss among thoroughbred horses appears to correlate significantly with …

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Report warns of crisis as Europe’s generic medicines reduced

Added: 7 Apr 2024

A recently published study that Europe faces a crisis stemming from a substantial decline in the av…

PacBio system to assist Estonia’s national genome scheme

Added: 1 Apr 2024

Estonia’s University of Tartu has chosen PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system for the next stage o…

Five years beavering bears water for ecologists

Added: 1 Apr 2024

An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed to…

Biotech chief wins Potts chemistry award

Added: 1 Apr 2024

CEO and founder of biotech Liverpool ChiroChem CEO Dr Paul Colbon has won the prestigious Potts Med…

UK’s status as global clinical trials hub bolstered with £18 million investment

Added: 24 Mar 2024

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Innovate UK, the Advanced Therapy Treat…

Alpha Labs swabs can help achieve COVID testing targets

Birmingham wins backing for ‘lollipop’ mouth cancer diagnostic

Added: 24 Mar 2024

A single step mouth cancer diagnostic that can be moulded into a solid and applied lollipop-style h…