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Novel interrogation

February 17, 2025
Innovative research is essential to the development of new treatments, says Philipp Koellinger, who explains how his company’s novelty scores feature comparing 250 million articles could impact the pharmaceutical sector.

Mummies’ odour is a bouquet, not a curse

February 14, 2025
They might be the stuff of horror movies but Egyptian mummies seem to have lasted the course where good hygiene is concerned.

Funds of £13 mill boost AIME to make Birmingham membrane research hub

February 13, 2025
Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) has received public and private funding of more than £13 million to fund its MEMetic project for water filtration.

Tell it to the spin doctor

February 10, 2025
Despite being an internationally renowned centre of academic excellence, the UK is struggling to commercialise the innovations its research creates. Andrew Tingey discusses why the UK’s spinout sector is faltering,...

Wolfson grant enables purchase of world’s fastest scanning microscope

February 9, 2025
Pioneering dementia research professor Roslyn Bill has welcomed the announcement of a £0.5 million grant for Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME), saying it will help accelerate her collaborative work...

Crafoord Prize laureates honoured for autoimmune disease work

February 8, 2025
Darwin and Wallace, Newton and Leibniz, or Priestley, Scheele and Lavoisier – history provides numerous examples of scientists independently making breakthrough discoveries in the same area of research.

Alga ‘superfood’ comes with scaling up challenges, say scientists

February 7, 2025
A common freshwater species of algae packed with nutritional benefits could be the next agricultural ‘superfood’, claim researchers from the University of Birmingham.

Seven CERSI centres launched to speed regulatory innovation in UK medicine

January 28, 2025
Innovate UK has announced seven Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSIs) to create “safer, faster pathways” for innovative medicines and devices.

Coolly compliant

January 27, 2025
Upgrading and replacing assets such as refrigeration equipment requires careful attention not only to cost and efficiency but also compliance, advises Mohammed Choudhury.

Gallium-based bone cancer therapy paste secures £110k support

January 27, 2025
Grant money of £110,000 has been awarded to help develop an injectable paste that could have the potential to combat bone cancer.

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