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All eyes on Lab Innovations 2021
Added: 5 Aug 2021
At Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, professionals, s…
Demystifying plant biostimulants for selection based on crop growing goals
Added: 16 Jul 2021
Plant biostimulants have now been categorised by into eight classes based on their modes of action.…
Real milk, real cheese - no cows required
Added: 8 Jul 2021
Will 'animal-free' AI driven processing replace 'plant-based' dairy products? An Israeli start-up i…
Rapid sampling to support local communities in a time of great need
Added: 5 Jul 2021
When disaster strikes, even a team of environmental chemists simply doing what they do best but doi…
New dipping solution turns the whole fish into valuable food
Added: 16 Jun 2021
When herring are filleted, more than half their weight becomes a low-value ‘side stream’ that never…
Women in STEM see equality slip during the pandemic
Added: 11 Jun 2021
Despite some good work over the years, it has become apparent that there is yet more work to be don…
SoyFilm: Is this the end of fossil fuel single-use plastics?
Added: 10 Jun 2021
At last! A sustainable, scalable and 100 percent natural plant protein-based polymer that functions…
Electron microscopy just became a thousand times more efficient
Added: 3 Jun 2021
Imaging a million samples a second to make electron microscopy a thousand times more efficient, the…
Record quantum entanglement rates: A step closer to the Quantum Internet
Added: 2 Jun 2021
In a landmark step for quantum communications, researchers have achieved record entanglement rates …
EV design concept capable of 30% longer range
Added: 1 Jun 2021
Automotive innovation start-up has revealed a patented design concept for an electric vehicle capab…
Are UK Zoos putting the Con in Conservation?
Added: 27 May 2021
A shocking new report published by Born Free highlights that the majority of species found in the U…
Commercial quanta image sensors - a new era in solid-state imaging
Added: 27 May 2021
Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon c…
UKRI funding to bring the public into the heart of five research projects
Added: 27 May 2021
UK Research and Innovation is encouraging people from across the UK to actively contribute to five …
First virtual symposium on quantum technology, semiconductors, and power generation
Added: 24 May 2021
Oxford Instruments plc is pleased to announce its first Virtual Symposium on Quantum Technology, Se…
X-ray Ptychography performed for first time at small-scale Laboratory Source
Added: 21 May 2021
X-ray ptychography has been used to perform high-resolution phase contrast diffraction imaging on s…
High-resolution model offers stunningly realistic simulation of the birth of stars
Added: 21 May 2021
A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-…
The first frost is the deepest - understanding the biochemical flowering brake in plants
Added: 17 May 2021
The first frost of autumn may be grim for gardeners but the latest evidence reveals it is a profoun…
Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit
Added: 14 May 2021
A further species discovery confirms the abundance and diversity of giant marine lizards in the Cre…
Replacing plastics in fibre-based packaging for full recycling
Added: 10 May 2021
New research highlights biodigestible barrier polymers to replace plastics and non-repulpable lamin…
Declining work-life balance for scientific researchers, survey finds
Added: 27 Apr 2021
Reseachers are generally known for their dedication and the percieved norm is that many work for pa…
