October 5, 2022

Quantum physics, click chemistry and evolutionary breakthroughs were the dominant themes for this year’s winners of the world’s best known science accolades, the Nobel Prizes for Chemistry, Physics and Medicine/Physiology

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Quantum Physics

September 29, 2022

Bioengineer Sadaf Akbari beat rivals from nearly 70 universities across the UK and Ireland to win an annual ‘elevator pitch’ contest presenting her thesis in just 180 seconds.

Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Engineering, Health, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Physiology

September 10, 2022

Industrial giant Sulzer has acquired a stake in Netherland's-based CELLiCON with the aim of scaling up the Dutch company's pioneering technology for biopolymers.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biochemistry, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Energy, Environment, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology

August 22, 2022

With nearly one in 20 of global drug trials affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it’s essential that the healthcare sector applies lessons learned during lockdown to provide business continuity and...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 22, 2022

Technological transformation is driving change in the modern lab as Cloud-based systems, automation and improved analytics open up a range of new possibilities, explain Dave Levy and David Gosalvez.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 19, 2022

A study of leading UK and Irish firms in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors reveals wide differences in awareness and use of transformational digital technology.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Bioinformatics, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Environment, Genetics, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 19, 2022

Scientists believe they have found a way to improve the efficiency of biocatalysis by avoiding the costs and time involved in gene editing methods.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biochemistry, Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Genetics, Materials Science, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical

August 12, 2022

Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) the not-for-profit organisation established by Innovate UK, has joined forces with the German-based ZEISS to use advanced microscopy solutions to boost drug discovery and complex medicine...

Biotech, Cell Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy

August 5, 2022

US biopharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has sealed an agreement to purchase the Oxford University spin-out MiroBio in a deal worth an estimated £332 million (USD$405 million).

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 5, 2022

Agri-food and environmental science services Fera Science Ltd has opened a £1 million specialist insect laboratory at its York Bioscience Campus.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Biotech, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Policy