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A lighter approach

September 18, 2023
The drive to achieve sustainable laboratories affects all areas of operation. After the more obvious targets have been addressed, attention is shifting to other areas, notably fluorescence microscopy. Light emitting...

MRC £2 million targets hard to treat cancers

September 16, 2023
Cancers with notably poor survival rates are the targets of a £2 million Medical Research Council intervention to support researchers.

Plants and particles win Turlings and Shchutska top Swiss science awards

September 16, 2023
Biologist Ted Turlings and physicist Lesya Shchutska are this year’s winners of the the two highest awards in Swiss Science, the Marcel Benoist and Latsis prizes.

Informed consent: Maximising compliance and minimising risk

September 12, 2023
While the principle of participant consent is better appreciated in clinical research today than in previous decades, the opportunities for error remain considerable. However, a combination of digital technologies and...

Water, the source of (lab) life

September 11, 2023
When it comes to laboratory liquid, there’s just nothing that can top the peerless H20, argues Matthew Partridge.

Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat

September 9, 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council are funding the Royal Veterinary College efforts to develop vaccines to tackle the most...

Nottingham uni spin-out secures UKRI £1 million for gene therapy tech

September 6, 2023
University of Nottingham spin-outTherageniX and collaborator the University of Nottingham, have been awarded a £995,000 grant from Innovate UK.

RVC’s Webster ‘honoured’ to receive prized Leeuwenhoek Medal

September 5, 2023
Professor of Parasitic Diseases at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) Joanne Webster has been awarded the Royal Society’s prestigious Leeuwenhoek Medal and Lecture, which recognises and celebrates outstanding contributions to...

Game Theory: Ocean Pods

September 4, 2023
Leicestershire-based Molinarius Games has a water focus. So how does its Ocean Pods board game measure up for our duo?

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