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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…
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…
Leading marine survey finds home at enlarged Plankton Lab
Added: 6 Oct 2024
Charities supporter the Garfield Weston Foundation and the Marine Biological Association (MBA) have…
Cool roofs could have saved c250 heatwave deaths, claims UCL/Exeter study
Added: 1 Oct 2024
Nearly 250 lives could have been prevented during London’s record 2018 hot summer if the capital ha…
Universities launch programme to boost UK space sector graduate opportunities
Added: 22 Sep 2024
Three south of England-based universities have launched a project to provide hands-on industry expe…
Aston AIME celebrates launch with collaborative science
Added: 22 Sep 2024
The new Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence has hosted its official academic launch at Aston Un…
Study suggests potential heatwave impact on epilepsy
Added: 8 Sep 2024
Heatwaves could be associated with an increase in abnormal brain activity among people with epileps…
Machine learning provides workout for new polymers
Added: 25 Aug 2024
Materials scientists in Japan have adapted machine learning to predict the mechanical properties of…
‘Swifties’ nail 100,000 milestone
Added: 17 Aug 2024
A conservation app dedicated to mobilising citizen scientists to help protect Swift populations has…
Speedy separation offers tool for microplastics and cancer cell studies
Added: 17 Aug 2024
Researchers in Sweden have pinpointed a method to speed the separation of particles in fluids, prov…
Sample preparation of environmental samples for trace metal analysis
Added: 13 Aug 2024
A technical note is available from Analytix that highlights using a Milestone Ethos UP microwave di…
