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Like humans, LLMs are irrational but in different ways

Added: 9 Jun 2024

A study of several of the best-known large language models appears to confirm that, like humans, th…

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Light technology ‘may offer sustainable AMR solution’ 

Added: 9 Jun 2024

New technology pioneered by an Italian company working with University of Birmingham scientists cou…

Biobased building materials may be less sustainable than concrete, study suggests

Added: 3 Jun 2024

Mycelium composites made from fungi and agricultural residue, can have a bigger environmental impac…

Bruntwood scheme promises top level support to life science innovators

Added: 3 Jun 2024

Bruntwood SciTech has launched a new programme with significant government funding to provide suppo…

Data shows higher heart failure death risk for ethnic minorities

Added: 3 Jun 2024

Analysis of nearly 17,000 patients’ data reveals ethnic minority patients with heart failure have a…

Polystyrene recycling pioneers claim energy efficiency and cost effectiveness

Added: 28 May 2024

Creators of a new process claim that it has the potential to boost polystyrene recycling massively …

Global oncology trial investigator sites increased by half in five years, finds new Phesi analysis

Added: 28 May 2024

Global cancer trial investigator sites have increased 50% in just five years but led to a rise in t…

Computational design enables uni duo’s materials science breakthrough

Added: 28 May 2024

A joint research team from two UK universities has employed computational design to develop new met…

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UK-Swiss project harnesses tech to lower cell and gene therapies cost

Added: 20 May 2024

Innovation agencies in the UK and Switzerland have together invested more than three quarters of a …

University of Bath aids £13.75 million chemical carbon project

Added: 20 May 2024

The University of Bath, a leader in the development of sustainable technology, is taking part in a …

Plummeting SME financing threatens UK llfe science, warns report

Added: 13 May 2024

SME financing for the UK medicines pipeline plunged 43% between 2020 and 2022, suggests the Medicin…

‘Citizen army’ sought to assess Scotland’s mosquito threat

Added: 13 May 2024

Citizen scientists are being recruited to help a collaborative project led by an alliance of academ…

Fewer than one in three experts prepared for AI challenge, suggests Pistoia 

Added: 13 May 2024

Less than one third of life science experts polled in a Pistoia Alliance survey say they are coping…

Nanotech provides Nelson with an edge over two old opponents

Added: 6 May 2024

Sophisticated nanotechnology is being employed to protect the legacy of Britain’s most famous admir…

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Human placenta map offers hope against pregnancy threats

Added: 6 May 2024

Pregnancy safe therapies for deadly diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria could be b…

Innovate UK grants £1million to gene therapy trio

Added: 6 May 2024

Innovate UK has awarded a grant of more than £1 million to a trio of organisations working together…

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Cell conversion technique ‘offers boost for personalised treatments’

Added: 28 Apr 2024

Prospects for personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could have been boost…

‘Moon lander’ molecule caught on the move

Added: 28 Apr 2024

A combination of spectroscopy and computer simulations have revealed how pyramidal molecules are ab…

Birmingham’s triage seeks way round drug discovery’s ‘valley of death’

Added: 21 Apr 2024

Birmingham university has shared details of its drug development model, designed to overcome one of…

Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role

Added: 21 Apr 2024

The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Al…