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Second Innovate UK regulatory science initiative: £4.7 million for 11 projects
Added: 22 Feb 2025
Innovate UK has announced a second multimillion pound initiative in less than a month, to develop r…
Mummies’ odour is a bouquet, not a curse
Added: 14 Feb 2025
They might be the stuff of horror movies but Egyptian mummies seem to have lasted the course where …
Imperial’s smart heart reading T-shirt nets £340k
Added: 6 Jan 2025
Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable th…
Access your free copy of the Laboratory News Christmas issue…
Added: 20 Dec 2024
Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…
Stick-on monitor offers cheap and precise warning system for critical conditions, say researchers
Added: 16 Dec 2024
A novel breathing monitor created by university and commercial partners is capable of providing a l…
New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge
Added: 8 Dec 2024
A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…
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…
Airflow controller and monitors with integrated gas sensor promote lab safety
Added: 3 Dec 2024
Fume cupboard manufacturers now have access to a new airflow controller and monitors with integrate…
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…
Uni-industry pairing to address UK lack of toxicology testing
Added: 6 Oct 2024
Kingston University is joining forces with an East Anglian based testing specialist to open a new f…
Cool roofs could have saved c250 heatwave deaths, claims UCL/Exeter study
Added: 1 Oct 2024
Nearly 250 lives could have been prevented during London’s record 2018 hot summer if the capital ha…
Sample preparation of environmental samples for trace metal analysis
Added: 13 Aug 2024
A technical note is available from Analytix that highlights using a Milestone Ethos UP microwave di…
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 …
RSB and Pirbright launch new biorisk professional registration scheme
Added: 13 Jul 2024
The Royal Society of Biology and the Pirbright Institute have launched a new professional registrat…
Like humans, LLMs are irrational but in different ways
Added: 9 Jun 2024
A study of several of the best-known large language models appears to confirm that, like humans, th…
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…
Report warns of crisis as Europe’s generic medicines reduced
Added: 7 Apr 2024
A recently published study that Europe faces a crisis stemming from a substantial decline in the av…
Aston and allies open doctoral centre for next generation greenhouse gas leaders
Added: 18 Mar 2024
Aston University is to host a doctoral training centre to train a new generation of scientists to h…
Report underlines economic returns on public investment in science
Added: 11 Feb 2024
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-commissioned research estimates that the org…
Nanoscience pioneer McKendry wins £350k AF Harvey prize
Added: 14 Jan 2024
Infectious disease surveillance pioneer Rachel McKendry has won the Institution of Engineering and …
