November 7, 2026

Pharmaceutical company AbbVie has expanded its research and development facilities in Oxford as part of more than £120m invested and committed to scientific research, academic collaboration and talent development across...

Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biotechnology, Golden Triangle, Immunology, inflammatory disease, Investment, Lab build, Molecular science, Neuroscience, Oncology, R&D

August 6, 2026

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have joined a project exploring whether a by-product of whisky production can be converted into bioethanol using technology originally developed for space missions. The three-year initiative,...

Physics & Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental

Biotechnology, Engineering biology, Industry, Space science

February 4, 2026

New wearable technology developed by the University of Chester is providing fresh insights into how to monitor sleep patterns and tackle sleep apnoea, with the aid of AI deep learning...

Bioinformatics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health

November 30, 2025

Two British institutions have set up a new research group with a peer organisation in Brazil to develop an injectable paste to aid bone cancer surgeries.

Biotech, Biotechnology, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health

July 21, 2025

Scotland’s first open-access 300-litre fermenter promises to provide a major boost for the country’s bioeconomy, explains IBioIC’s Neil Renault.

Biochemistry, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis

May 6, 2025

A scientific revelation regarding rose petals has been hailed by its discoverers as a potential breakthrough for materials science.

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

Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science

April 6, 2025

IChemE’s Duncan Lugton, who submitted evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry on engineering biology, examines the key areas of interest, highlighting issues that must be...

Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis

March 18, 2025

A disease that has devastated cotton crops worldwide is being tackled by a novel method of plant transplantation.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Environment, Policy, Virology

January 13, 2025

A novel composite material created by two UK universities has the potential to provide new treatments for nervous system and neurodegenerative damage, say researchers.

Life Sciences, Materials

Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Neuroscience

January 6, 2025

Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable them to develop an AI t-shirt that can detect inherited heart rhythm conditions.

Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Engineering, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Physiology, Policy