Latest News


Joint study says earlier mental health care could save £600 million and improve 7 million lives 

Added: 4 Sep 2023

Shortening treatment and waiting times for mental health conditions from 12 months to three months …

Low birthweight may directly increase later heart risk – study

Added: 28 Aug 2023

Low birthweight should be added to the list of risks for heart disease, urges a research paper pres…

Can science tackle ACL threat to women players’ World Cup success?

Added: 20 Aug 2023

The knee injury England midfielder Keira Walsh narrowly avoided at the World Cup has been identifie…

Universities share UKRI ‘s £13 mill AI for health fund

Added: 13 Aug 2023

Secretary of State for Science and Technology Michelle Donelan announced £13 million-worth of fundi…

Remote robotic tech ‘could transform medical assessment in high risk situations’

Added: 23 Jul 2023

Research at Sheffield University is claiming a breakthrough in robotics technology enabling remote …

Depression now in Top Five most studied diseases in clinical development

Added: 23 Jul 2023

Phesi’s mid-year global analysis of all clinical trials conducted to date in 2023 confirms a shift …

Fulbright Award for CMU academic’s ground-breaking organ storage research

Added: 23 Jul 2023

An academic from Cardiff Metropolitan University has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to enab…

Yellow brick road, smart glasses and virtual assistant join semi-finalist of multimillion Longitude dementia tech competition

Added: 11 Jul 2023

An augmented reality ‘yellow brick road’, smart glasses that recognise faces and a virtual speech a…

Wong appointed to Aston’s unique Regius pharmacy professorship

Added: 3 Jul 2023

The pharmacoepidemiologist Professor Ian Wong has been appointed as the new Regius Professor of Pha…

Multimillion brain trauma investment aims to revolutionise diagnosis and treatment

Added: 3 Jul 2023

The Medical Research Council has announced investment of £9.5 million towards a research platform t…

Study reveals flu pandemics’ 20 year long tail

Added: 18 Jun 2023

New analysis of historic data from the previous two centuries suggests that influenza pandemics cre…

Research provides a material boost for epilepsy treatment

Added: 18 Jun 2023

New materials for probes used in brain surgery could have the potential to provide a transformation…

Mass spectrometry offers means to assess protein ‘glues’

Added: 18 Jun 2023

Mass spectrometry can provide medical research with the means to harness protein interactions for r…

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 …

Pirbright virus programmes receive quarter share of new £0.3 billion research funding

Added: 29 May 2023

Nearly a quarter of a £0.37 billion new scientific funding package has been awarded to one of the U…

Online surveys key to safety data for novel vaccines concludes report

Added: 29 May 2023

Online surveys provide an efficient means to gather drug safety data on novel vaccines rolled out a…

RVNs produce first veterinary nurses’ guide by fellow professionals

Added: 21 May 2023

Enterprising registered veterinary nurses have turned authors to produce the first guide for their …

New UK phage centre unveils weapon in battle against TB deaths

Added: 14 May 2023

This week sees the official opening of the UK Centre for Phage Research, based at the University of…

Study points to key role for AI in fast tracking lung cancer treatment

Added: 14 May 2023

Artificial intelligence could help doctors diagnose lung cancer earlier, concludes a study led by r…

Wearable tech enhances potential for friends-based mental health support

Added: 15 Apr 2023

Wearable tech that shares data between small circles of close friends and relations could provide a…