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US space science’s $3 million lift-off for school STEM booster

April 2, 2023
NASA has allocated more than $3 million (£2.42 million) to a number of higher education colleges across the USA and its dependent territories in order to boost opportunity in STEM...

Let’s talk about sex, maybe

March 29, 2023
As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford revisits his theory, first published a decade ago in Laboratory News, that the clue to...

Royal Assent opens door to gene edited food in UK 

March 28, 2023
The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened the door for the commercial development of gene-edited food in England.

‘Ramp up diagnostic techniques or risk Avian flu spill-over’

March 26, 2023
The co-founder of healthtech company Pictura Bio says the UK’s diagnostic testing capacity is not sophisticated enough to tackle an influenza event that spills from avian to human populations.

World University rankings hat trick for Royal Veterinary College

March 22, 2023
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has scored a hat trick of three consecutive first place entries in the annual QS World University Subject Rankings.

Game Theory: Genotype

March 20, 2023
Based on Mendelian genetics, Genotype is absorbing and challenging, say Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner.

Bids process to share in £3 million Cystic Fibrosis funds opens

March 20, 2023
Applications are invited for a share of £3 million investment to accelerate the development of new treatments for people with Cystic Fibrosis.

Light shined like a neon show

March 12, 2023
Good quality visuals help convey information in research papers. Contrary to what many scientists suppose, they have plenty to tap into, explains Fabricio Pamplona.

Investing in futures

March 5, 2023
It’s not only students who need to take placements seriously. Lab managers too must adopt a long-term view of their value, suggests George Barsted.

Sustainably feeding the world with genomics-driven agriculture

March 5, 2023
As cell meat manufacture develops in the lab, science is increasingly impacting arable farming in the field. Agrigenomics seeks to transition production to counter climate and population pressures, outlines Neil...

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