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First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours
Added: 21 Jan 2024
Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …

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…

Testing giant invests millions in connected lab
Added: 18 Dec 2023
Global testing, inspection and certification services leader Element Materials Technology has commi…

Treforest explosion victim named as Celtic Food Labs chief
Added: 18 Dec 2023
The sole victim of the major explosion on a South Wales industrial estate has been identified as th…

First phase of Oxford’s new 1 million sq. ft lab district begins
Added: 27 Nov 2023
Laing O’Rourke will begin the initial phase of Oxford North’s £700 million new innovation district,…

Bioinformatician’s data protection work wins 2023 Einstein Prize
Added: 19 Nov 2023
One of the world’s largest prizes for academic research has been awarded to the Belgian bioinformat…

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…

Pistoia survey reveals AI is top tech investment for life sciences
Added: 20 Sep 2023
AI and Machine Learning will be the top tech investment for life science companies over the next tw…

Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat
Added: 10 Sep 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Science…

Relief from scientific community greets Horizon Europe deal
Added: 8 Sep 2023
UK readmission to Horizon Europe and the Copernicus programme has been greeted with widespread reli…

100 Technicians share Hauksbee Award honours
Added: 4 Sep 2023
One hundred technicians working in a range of sectors and campaigning to raise their profession’s p…

Tax crackdown heralds new R&D relief headaches
Added: 13 Aug 2023
Science research and development tax relief applications will now face an extra hurdle thanks to ne…

Lab Innovations 2023 opens for visitor registration
Added: 10 Jul 2023
Lab Innovations has officially opened visitor registration for its upcoming event on November 1 and…

Breakthrough recognition for science publishing’s invisible co-reviewers
Added: 25 Jun 2023
One of the science world’s leading publishers is taking a stand on behalf of hundreds of young rese…

Firm plans to scale up insect farming with ‘Mealworm on a chip’
Added: 11 Jun 2023
French company Ÿnsect has announced the creation of the first genotyping chip for insect farming, a…

Sponge enables robot to crack the egg challenge
Added: 11 Jun 2023
Robots have demonstrated their efficiency over the human and manual approach in many areas but stil…

Lucky 13 for expanded Lab Awards 2023
Added: 11 Jun 2023
One of the leading events to honour laboratory science, The Lab Awards, returns to Lab Innovations …

CHEMUK 2023 sees 41% attendance rise
Added: 23 May 2023
CHEMUK 2023 saw a year on year rise of 41% in visitor attendance to the recent show at the NEC in B…

Lab Innovations reports majority of exhibition space sold for 2023
Added: 14 May 2023
Trade show Lab Innovations says it has sold more than 84% of its exhibition space for this year, de…

UKRI minimum stipend to rise to £18.6k for academic year
Added: 6 May 2023
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has said its minimum stipend for funded doctoral students’ living…