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Disappearing glaciers ‘now second largest contributor to sea level rise’
Added: 2 Mar 2025
Glacier loss in central Europe was nearly 40% during this century, suggests a study by Belgium’s Vr…

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…

Bath seeks cleaner, greener water option
Added: 15 Feb 2025
Chemical engineers at the University of Bath have claimed a world first with the creation of a sust…

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 …

Funds of £13 mill boost AIME to make Birmingham membrane research hub
Added: 13 Feb 2025
Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) has received public and private funding of more than…

Alga ‘superfood’ comes with scaling up challenges, say scientists
Added: 7 Feb 2025
A common freshwater species of algae packed with nutritional benefits could be the next agricultura…

Liverpool team’s novel material promises boost to IoT storage capabilities
Added: 29 Jan 2025
University of Liverpool scientists have developed a novel material they claim may enable internet o…

Hydrogen hub invests £3million in groundbreaking net zero projects
Added: 20 Jan 2025
Funding valued at £3 million is to be shared among 10 research projects that aim to develop technol…

Strategy launched to futureproof UK role in materials innovation
Added: 13 Jan 2025
The long-awaited National Materials Innovation Strategy has launched with the claim that a committe…

Lab and fieldwork combine to ensure Beauty moth is a little less rare
Added: 6 Jan 2025
An experimental combination of captive breeding and habitat management has seen one of the UK’s rar…

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…

Sea-savvy tech provides longest ever study of destructive water currents
Added: 16 Dec 2024
Durham University scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in marine geoscience, using seabe…

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…

UK space sector growth promises benefits for lab R&D
Added: 1 Dec 2024
Lab innovation has helped enable the UK space sector’s expansion rate to outstrip the wider economy…

Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti
Added: 25 Nov 2024
UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…

Bacteria point the way for sustainable space power
Added: 18 Nov 2024
An international research project involving scientists from Heriot-Watt University has found inspir…

Creators vow lightweight material will be a booster for space travel
Added: 27 Oct 2024
Academics in British and Indian universities claim they have developed a revolutionary material for…

Finnish university on the circular economy CACE
Added: 20 Oct 2024
Applications are invited for a recently debuted Master’s programme in circular economy chemistry an…