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BIA response to conclusion of NICE methods and processes review

Added: 31 Jan 2022

BioIndustry Association expert expresses disappointment in the scope of the conclusions draw by NIC…

Prize winning studies of life's earliest history

Added: 31 Jan 2022

Andrew Knoll has depicted the first three billion years of life on Earth using his studies of micro…

Shedding light on how to increase UK crop yields

Added: 31 Jan 2022

Recent events has demonstrated the need to increase the UK's national food harvest and build relien…

Irish researchers unlock breakthrough approach to repair peripheral nerve damage

Added: 21 Jan 2022

As part of an ongoing partnership between RCSI, AMBER and Integra LifeSciences, a research team use…

Researchers propose ‘ecologically honest’ approach to modelling behaviour

Added: 20 Jan 2022

When studying the behaviour of species, study design is often based on human norms. But, when model…

Take the test: Are you Britain’s next super-matcher?

Added: 19 Jan 2022

Do you have natural forensic detection skills? Find out if you are one of those rare individuals wh…

Blood and guts: new link uncovered between the gut microbiome and blood groups

Added: 17 Jan 2022

Researchers have been studying how the body’s mucus layer encourages the optimal balance of microbe…

Chemists use DNA to build the world’s tiniest antenna

Added: 14 Jan 2022

Inspired by the ‘Lego-like’ properties of DNA, with building blocks that are typically 20,000 times…

Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring

Added: 10 Jan 2022

DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two resear…

Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds

Added: 6 Jan 2022

Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have infl…

2022 predictions on the advances in life sciences innovation

Added: 9 Dec 2021

Innovation experts recently hired specifically to study emerging tech and drive collaboration predi…

Nibbling prehistoric herbivore sheds new light on Triassic diversity

Added: 3 Dec 2021

A Triassic herbivore, known for its supposed similarities to a modern-day ostrich, has been reveale…

New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’

Added: 25 Nov 2021

Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …

Olympus Image of the Year Award 2021

Added: 4 Nov 2021

Olympus has just launched its third Image of the Year contest and is accepting entries. Each year, …

Potential new treatment for COVID-19 identified

Added: 1 Nov 2021

Researchers have identified a potential new treatment that suppresses the replication of SARS-CoV-2…

Shape-shifting worm blob model could inspire future robot swarms

Added: 26 Oct 2021

Lumbriculus variegatus blackworms can aggregate into ‘blobs’ capable of collective movement. Resear…

Genomics study reveals ancient Arabian populations played a greater role in early human migration

Added: 25 Oct 2021

Researchers in Qatar have unveiled a high-resolution map of the genetic structure of Arab and Middl…

Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies

Added: 22 Oct 2021

Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have be…

New mechanism that regulates the spread of breast cancer discovered

Added: 22 Oct 2021

A research group at the University of Turku, Finland, has discovered a completely new mechanism tha…

Trans-disciplinary approaches reveal important disease transmission dynamics

Added: 4 Oct 2021

New research reveals the complex multi-host-species and multi-parasite-species disease transmission…