Latest News
Biotech innovators honoured at OBN 2022
Added: 20 Nov 2022
Rising stars of the biotech world were once again thrown in the spotlight at the annual OBN awards …
Database of 4 million race starts enables major study of Thoroughbred sudden death
Added: 31 Oct 2022
The first study ever made on a large scale of sudden death in Thoroughbred race horses has suggeste…
Vitae Three Minute Thesis victor is second Kingston Uni winner in a row
Added: 30 Sep 2022
Bioengineer Sadaf Akbari beat rivals from nearly 70 universities across the UK and Ireland to win a…
Single amino acid change could hold key to Neanderthal demise
Added: 19 Sep 2022
New research addresses the puzzle of why, of all the human species to have evolved, only our own av…
Life sciences leap forward as AlphaFold shares the ‘protein universe’
Added: 29 Jul 2022
AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence programme created by AI group Deep Mind has released its pre…
RSPB report criticises poor regulation of 150 pesticides
Added: 3 Jul 2022
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has attacked current risk assessments for chem…
How can mental health professionals open their minds to psychosis?
Added: 27 May 2022
Effective clinical care for patients with psychosis means understanding the ‘lived experience’ of t…
Saving the vaquita porpoise from extinction
Added: 5 May 2022
Only ten vaquita porpoises survive, but the species may not be doomed, scientists say. If they can …
Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing
Added: 4 May 2022
Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing. La…
Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals
Added: 7 Mar 2022
Researchers engineered a strain of bacteria to break down carbon dioxide (CO2), converting it into …
Technological research and development in agritech
Added: 4 Mar 2022
It is increasingly important for agricultural research to raise awareness of conditions leading to …
Broader NHS gene testing could detect twice as many people at risk of cancer
Added: 28 Feb 2022
Currently limited by stringent guidelines, NHS genetic testing currently misses around half of thos…
IVF research might enhance human egg development
Added: 25 Feb 2022
New findings by Max Planck IVF clinic researchers suggests the failure of human eggs is due to a we…
Fossil research uncovers a new species of giant Triassic crocodile
Added: 23 Feb 2022
An examination of the fossil record by Birmingham researchers has uncovered a new species of giant …
Moving from 'Use by' to 'Best before' dates: participate in the project
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Many producers have elected to display 'Best before' in place of 'Use by' dates on fresh pasteurise…
Incorporating valuable microbiome data into drug development pipeline
Added: 16 Feb 2022
A three-phase project will build a ‘Microbiome Atlas’ to power an algorithm for predicting the micr…
World's first confocal light microscope to study chiral molecules
Added: 11 Feb 2022
Scientists from Durham University’s Chemistry Department have developed the world’s first laser sca…
BioTrinity 2022: Catalysing growth in the life sciences industry
Added: 10 Feb 2022
Life Science professionals are invited to attend BioTrinity 2022. A face-to-face event, taking plac…
Applying MATIC to harness immune cells from tumours to fight cancer
Added: 4 Feb 2022
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new tool to harness immune cells from tumours …
Researchers discover how lactic acid weakens anti-tumour defences
Added: 4 Feb 2022
In cancer research, it has long been known that lactic acid, or lactate, is produced in large quant…
