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Shedding light on how to increase UK crop yields
Added: 31 Jan 2022
Recent events has demonstrated the need to increase the UK's national food harvest and build relien…

Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?
Added: 10 Jan 2022
While the global shift towards virtual events has clearly reduced the carbon footprint, it also rai…

Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring
Added: 10 Jan 2022
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two resear…

Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds
Added: 6 Jan 2022
Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have infl…

Low-cost, ultra-sensitive gravimeter for early detection of volcanic activity uses MEMS technology
Added: 10 Dec 2021
A new device being developed by University of Glasgow in collaboration with a leading product desig…

2022 predictions on the advances in life sciences innovation
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Innovation experts recently hired specifically to study emerging tech and drive collaboration predi…

Balloon-driven hybrid mobile communications network launched in Zanzibar
Added: 2 Dec 2021
A unique balloon-driven hybrid mobile network is being launched in Zanzibar. Expected to deliver fu…

Renewable energy's hybrid fuel blue hydrogen can help protect the climate
Added: 2 Dec 2021
Blue hydrogen - a renewable fuel hybrid technology - can play a positive role in the energy transit…

CERN environmental report sets out concrete actions to reduce its environmental footprint
Added: 25 Nov 2021
CERN released its second public Environment Report covering the years 2019-2020 when the accelerato…

World’s leading academic journals join pledge to fight bias in publishing
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Global giants Springer Nature, De Gruyter and Taylor & Francis join Wiley, Elsevier and SAGE Publis…

New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …

Chemistry breakthrough leads way to more sustainable pharmaceuticals
Added: 22 Nov 2021
Chemistry researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new method using blue light to cre…

PhD student wins leading award from UK Research and Innovation
Added: 2 Nov 2021
University of Gloucestershire PhD student, Philippa Simmonds, has won a prestigious UK Research and…

Collaboration to launch Leading Laboratories Recognition Program to help elevate quality patient care
Added: 1 Nov 2021
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and The Joint Commission have established the Le…

Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies
Added: 22 Oct 2021
Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have be…

Lab Innovations launches Lab Connect
Added: 6 Oct 2021
Lab Innovations has relaunched Lab Connect, an online networking portal to help exhibitors and visi…

Greening the lab: first net zero mass spectrometer launched
Added: 5 Oct 2021
As part of an initiative to permanently remove CO₂ emissions associated with the manufacture and su…

Inclusion and diversity given greater prominence in RSC prize reforms
Added: 29 Sep 2021
Efforts to make science a more inclusive and diverse place to learn and work are to be given annual…

Dinosaur domination resulted from volcano-driven climate change
Added: 27 Sep 2021
The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over …

European Parliament votes in favour of EU plan to replace animal experiments with cutting-edge science
Added: 20 Sep 2021
The European Parliament has embraced an historic opportunity to take animal suffering out of the eq…