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UKRI minimum stipend to rise to £18.6k for academic year

May 5, 2023
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has said its minimum stipend for funded doctoral students’ living costs, will rise to £18,622 for academic year 2023 to 2024.

To have and to hold: NTU scientists get to grips with protein breakthrough

May 5, 2023
Nottingham Trent University scientists say they have been able to isolate a single protein to study how it behaves and alters over time.

Bial Foundation €0.3 million prize seeks winner to follow mRNA pioneers

April 27, 2023
Nominations have opened for one of Europe’s biggest health industry awards, Portugal’s €300,000 BIAL Foundation Award in Biomedicine.

‘Robocarp’ makes splash with motion breakthrough 

April 27, 2023
A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could enhance underwater exploration and extend the uses of low-cost twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuator devices.

Synthetic affinity reagents: new possibilities for diagnostics

April 24, 2023
Fast and effective diagnostic testing is key to disease management but a challenge for antibody-based approaches. Animal/cell-free detection reagents present an opportunity for solutions at mass scale, explains Francesco Canfarotta.

Shared excellence

April 17, 2023
The FAIRE grants scheme provides opportunity for researchers in 80 countries to publish their work and access one of the greatest structural science databases, says Suzanna Ward.

Collaboration on life sciences – do we need the UK?

April 17, 2023
Undoubtedly, yes, says Jan Wauters. The benefits to Britain and Europe are too great, he argues, and without that partnership, advances in science such as those achieved with the Covid-19...

Fragrance industry scents trouble from EU substance reclassification

April 14, 2023
European Union changes to chemicals legislation are a potential threat to the substantial fragrance industry, says the sector’s leading trade association.

Wearable tech enhances potential for friends-based mental health support

April 14, 2023
Wearable tech that shares data between small circles of close friends and relations could provide a new approach to distributed, mutual health care, suggests new research.

‘Life in the clouds’

April 3, 2023
The growth of collaborative work and reliance on contract research organisations plus unprecedented levels of data handling makes the value of Cloud service obvious, agrees Ronen Vengosh. Just don’t overlook...

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