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Hadley Centre climate work ROI is 33 times Government’s expenditure
Added: 27 Jan 2025
Leading UK climate change research site the Hadley Centre Climate Programme (HCCP) provided a retur…

Horizon based scheme invests €3.2 million in boosting Europe’s quantum research
Added: 13 Jan 2025
A four year project intended to boost Europe’s role in quantum research has secured €3.2 million fr…

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…

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…

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 News roundup: multimillion investments and an RF breakthrough
Added: 18 Oct 2024
The University of Warwick is to invest £700 million in its West Midlands campus as part of its Conn…

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…

AI, genes and proteins dominate Nobel 2024 prizes
Added: 11 Oct 2024
Pioneering work in AI, gene regulation and protein science underpinned this year’s Nobel Prize scie…

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…

Six pioneers shortlisted for £350,000 AF Harvey prize
Added: 1 Jul 2024
Six leading international researchers have been shortlisted as nominees for the Institution of Engi…

Computational design enables uni duo’s materials science breakthrough
Added: 28 May 2024
A joint research team from two UK universities has employed computational design to develop new met…

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…

Science mourns Nobel physicist Higgs
Added: 14 Apr 2024
Tributes been made worldwide to Peter Higgs, the Nobel-winning physicist who gave his name to the H…

Extra-terrestrial invader downgraded to a truck
Added: 10 Mar 2024
Ground vibrations picked up at a remote seismic station a decade ago and attributed to a meteor may…

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…

Covid blow to Turing’s first year but positives too
Added: 8 Jan 2024
Britain’s replacement to the Erasmus Programme scholarships attained less than 60% of its target nu…

CGI signs three year Royal Institution Christmas Lectures deal
Added: 29 Oct 2023
The Royal Institution (Ri) has launched a three-year agreement with business consultancy CGI as the…

Attoseconds, quantum dots and mRNA secure Nobel science prizes
Added: 5 Oct 2023
Two researchers hailed by judges for their contributions to the “unprecedented” rate of vaccine dev…

STFC issues recruitment call for £85 mill UK project to build World's most powerful laser
Added: 1 Oct 2023
The Science and Technology Facilities Council is recruiting experts to participate in the construct…

Top brands and rising stars lead Lab Awards 2023 shortlist
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Many of the best known brands and names in the laboratory sector, together with rising stars, are o…