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Nine in 10 life scientists surveyed don’t understand US or European AI rules
Added: 25 Feb 2024
Just 9% of life science professionals polled say they understand either EU or US laws on the use of…

Gates Foundation grant opens door to PhaSER project acceleration
Added: 25 Feb 2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted Edinburgh’s PhaSER Biomedical a US$2.3 million gran…

Memory deterioration prevented in animal model of Alzheimer’s
Added: 19 Feb 2024
Suppressing neuronal activity in the part of the brain that regulates sleep can prevent memory dete…

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…

Aston-Warwick initiative wins key UKRI funds
Added: 11 Feb 2024
A joint team from Aston and Warwick universities and the University of Warwick have won nearly £2 m…

UK continues to lead Europe for life science and biotech investment
Added: 4 Feb 2024
Venture capital investment in UK life sciences and biotech continues to outperform the rest of Euro…

Anglo-Norwegian study casts light on treatment resistant bacteria
Added: 4 Feb 2024
A study comparing the UK and Norway over two decades, has concluded that antibiotic use may drive a…

EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine
Added: 28 Jan 2024
EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and fo…

Knauer mourns death of founder
Added: 28 Jan 2024
Founder of the German lab equipment manufacturer KNAUER Dr Herbert Knauer has died at the age of 92.

AMSBIO to make double offer award for 2024
Added: 28 Jan 2024
AMSBIO has doubled its travel grant award scheme to offer two bursaries to young scientists attendi…

Bath hosts new water-based public health initiative
Added: 21 Jan 2024
The University of Bath is to host the newest Research England Centre of Excellence, with £13 millio…

Cherwell joins global brand AnalytiChem Group
Added: 14 Jan 2024
Cleanroom microbiology solutions leader Cherwell Laboratories has been acquired by the German globa…

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…

Modern microscopy identifies Dutch master’s £175k handiwork
Added: 21 Dec 2023
A microscope discovered by chance in a house clearance has been authenticated as the work of ‘the f…

Azenta’s Oxford genomics lab to open in March
Added: 21 Dec 2023
Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford as the location for its state of the art genomics lab open…

AI responsibility remains in our hands, warns Ri Christmas Lecturer
Added: 18 Dec 2023
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool for better decision making but the ‘ethical buck’ stops …

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

Therapy ‘alters immune cells’ to fight unresponsive tumours
Added: 10 Dec 2023
Finnish researchers say they have discovered how a new cancer therapy can alter the function of imm…

Robots ‘offer effective intervention in combatting loneliness and negative emotions’
Added: 4 Dec 2023
‘Social’ robots employed during the pandemic to overcome isolation were able to help individuals st…

Flower power inspires drug cell breakthrough
Added: 4 Dec 2023
Bath university scientists have borrowed from nature to develop more stable versions of proteins an…