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Kinship is beneficial - even for anti-social squirrels
Added: 23 Dec 2020
Never rattle at your neighbours, killing them could endanger your health... if you're a red squirre…

RNA molecules are masters of their own destiny
Added: 22 Dec 2020
How does the cell know when to stop transcribing? What is the purpose of noncoding RNAs? Another wi…

A tale of tusks... or a 'herd of treasure'?
Added: 21 Dec 2020
Not all shipwrecked treasure is gold and silver. One might think of a sunken herd, rather than a su…

Global clinical research accreditation and certification mark
Added: 16 Dec 2020
New evidence-based clinical research certification mark to set a global blenchmark for quality and …

Beware the prehistoric beast of Bristol; Thecodontosaurus' brain modelled
Added: 15 Dec 2020
The beautifully preserved braincase of Bristol's dog-sized dinausaur, Thecodontosaurus, was used to…

Targeted microbubbles for controlled cancer treatment
Added: 10 Dec 2020
Targeted cancer treatment just got a navigation system. A research team from Leeds has successfully…

C21 pill shows clear and significant clinical benefit for COVID patients
Added: 9 Dec 2020
Study shows a clear and significant clinical benefit for COVID patients using an oral C21 formulati…

Science priorities agreed for 2024 lunar exploration
Added: 9 Dec 2020
Planetary processes and polar resource potential prioritised by lunar science team. Researchers pre…

Immunisation cold chain equipment demand already 'off the charts'
Added: 8 Dec 2020
It may be a cold day in the UK when demand for vaccine cold chain equipment outstrips supply capabi…

Virtual Northern MedTech Summit - 28 January 2021
Added: 8 Dec 2020
It's not often you have the opportunity to meet all the important players under one roof - and this…

Successful consortium project releases AI platform for drug discovery
Added: 7 Dec 2020
Once again demonstrating that the power of collaboration presents the best foundation for real prog…

Call for entries: Long COVID co-created science and art installation
Added: 3 Dec 2020
"The stories we tell matter." Relational Space
Are you willing to 'fearlessly explore' the impact …

Extracting a novel biochemical reservoir from between our skin cells
Added: 26 Nov 2020
We're all used to the fact that there is so much more to learn about how our own bodies work, but i…

ACHEMA live event postponed by nine months
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Further updates to our event horizon include a nine-month postponement of ACHEMA to April 2022, on …

Cheers at The Bioprocess Arms - where everyone knows your name
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Cheers to BioProcessUK4.0!
Who said virtual events were boring? The BIA just upped expectations of…

Predicting trends in clinical motion tracking technologies
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Read an expert vision of the future where clinicians have been wooed by motion tracking wearables t…

Cambridge bioscience partnership seeks rising stars in AI
Added: 17 Nov 2020
Calling all bright young things as a multi-disciplined partnership of globally reknowned academic a…

Nine-point expert consensus plan to improve NHS
Added: 11 Nov 2020
A consensus panel of health experts has recommended a nine-point improvement plan that recommends t…

Self-watering soil could transform farming
Added: 9 Nov 2020
They say water is set to become more valuable than oil, with water scarcity becoming one of the mos…

Malaria test as simple as a bandage
Added: 5 Nov 2020
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That's the idea behind a platfo…