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Gravitational lensing and international teamwork unveils 44 unknown stars
Added: 6 Jan 2025
Physicists from across the world studying a distant galaxy in a multinational project have discover…
Lab and fieldwork combine to ensure Beauty moth is a little less rare
Added: 6 Jan 2025
An experimental combination of captive breeding and habitat management has seen one of the UK’s rar…
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Added: 20 Dec 2024
Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…
Sea-savvy tech provides longest ever study of destructive water currents
Added: 16 Dec 2024
Durham University scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in marine geoscience, using seabe…
Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…
Lab Innovations exhibitors to share on-stand expertise
Added: 13 Oct 2024
More than 4,000 attendees are expected to produce its largest-ever turnout for this year’s Lab Inno…
Leading marine survey finds home at enlarged Plankton Lab
Added: 6 Oct 2024
Charities supporter the Garfield Weston Foundation and the Marine Biological Association (MBA) have…
Europe to mark lab science’s key role again with dedicated day
Added: 30 Sep 2024
European Laboratory Day returns on 5 November to focus on the contribution of laboratory medicine p…
Study suggests potential heatwave impact on epilepsy
Added: 8 Sep 2024
Heatwaves could be associated with an increase in abnormal brain activity among people with epileps…
‘Swifties’ nail 100,000 milestone
Added: 17 Aug 2024
A conservation app dedicated to mobilising citizen scientists to help protect Swift populations has…
Speedy separation offers tool for microplastics and cancer cell studies
Added: 17 Aug 2024
Researchers in Sweden have pinpointed a method to speed the separation of particles in fluids, prov…
Bezos fund gives £1.2 million to develop livestock methane vaccine
Added: 11 Aug 2024
The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded a UK medical institution a £1,200,000 grant to tackle livestock-me…
PrISMa creators aim to bridge net zero innovation’s valley of death
Added: 22 Jul 2024
It’s the phrase that encapsulates the perennial challenge of transitioning a successful laboratory …
Surrey takes the p… in order to feed the world
Added: 22 Jul 2024
It sounds like the classic p… take but work is underway on a project to counter the world shortage …
Seaweed-to-packaging spinout scoops £4million-plus private investment
Added: 9 Jun 2024
Bath university spinout Kelpi has secured £4.35 million in funding from a slew of City firms to lau…
Biobased building materials may be less sustainable than concrete, study suggests
Added: 3 Jun 2024
Mycelium composites made from fungi and agricultural residue, can have a bigger environmental impac…
Polystyrene recycling pioneers claim energy efficiency and cost effectiveness
Added: 28 May 2024
Creators of a new process claim that it has the potential to boost polystyrene recycling massively …
University of Bath aids £13.75 million chemical carbon project
Added: 20 May 2024
The University of Bath, a leader in the development of sustainable technology, is taking part in a …
‘Citizen army’ sought to assess Scotland’s mosquito threat
Added: 13 May 2024
Citizen scientists are being recruited to help a collaborative project led by an alliance of academ…
Fewer than one in three experts prepared for AI challenge, suggests Pistoia
Added: 13 May 2024
Less than one third of life science experts polled in a Pistoia Alliance survey say they are coping…
