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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…

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…

Do octopuses' arms have a mind of their own?

Added: 4 Nov 2020

Often described as aliens, octopuses are one of most unusual creatures on the planet, with three he…

An artificial cell on a chip

Added: 28 Oct 2020

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking…

CRISPR vs COVID-19: the clues in our genes

Added: 28 Oct 2020

Does our genetic makeup make us more or less susceptible to COVID-19? Can genetic analysis help us …

New cancer drug for difficult tumour types

Added: 28 Oct 2020

A new drug designed to counter the effects of an important, but very hard to target, cancer mutatio…

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station

Added: 19 Oct 2020

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Statio…

Machine Learning provides insight into cannabis strains

Added: 30 Sep 2020

Cannabis data lacking, but machine learning could help

THC and CBD; Anyone who has used, sold, stu…

Cannabis use for menopause symptom management

Added: 29 Sep 2020

As legislation relaxes regarding cannabis, it is being used to manage numerous chronic health condi…

Single-step 3D printing multimaterial microstructures

Added: 17 Sep 2020

Researchers have developed an automated 3D printing method that can produce multicolour 3D microstr…

Unravelling what makes memories so detailed and enduring

Added: 14 Sep 2020

In years to come, our personal memories of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be etched in our min…

Reimagining the face mask: a design upgrade

Added: 4 Sep 2020

Imagine a reusable face mask that protects wearers and those around them from SARS-CoV-2, is comfor…

Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights

Added: 4 Sep 2020

Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specia…

Ensuring 'fair and equitable' distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

Added: 4 Sep 2020

When effective COVID-19 vaccines are developed, their supply will inevitably be scarce. The World H…

Submit your COVID-19 data to the global vaccine effort

Added: 4 Sep 2020

More than 73,000 users collaborate on a new online platform set up by the European Open Science Clo…

First rapid breath test for Coronavirus trialled

Added: 4 Sep 2020

Canterbury-based technology firm ANCON Medical (‘Ancon’) announces the trial of its Nanotechnology …

New Leicestershire-based COVID-19 testing ‘Lighthouse Lab’

Added: 4 Sep 2020

A new ‘Lighthouse Lab’ facility will be established in Leicestershire to increase the UK’s COVID-19…

Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank

Added: 18 Aug 2020

Today, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announce the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply net…