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Scheme allows threatened plant to dock at island base

April 12, 2026
One of the world’s rarest dock and coastal plants has received a massive conservation boost, thanks to a wholesale reintroduction at its Welsh stronghold.

Maths award adds up to nearly £2.8 mill for exchange research

April 10, 2026
Two of Sweden’s leading institutions have donated the equivalent of £2.78 million to fund 16 mathematicians for work ranging from improved ice melt forecasting to the physics of the world’s...

Cambridge funds revolutionary underground work

February 22, 2026
Nature recovery programme Cumbria Connect has received funding from a key conservation group for its research investigating the unexplained role played by underground fungal networks in woodland creation.

Manchester investment to develop energy storage technology

December 22, 2025
Manchester university will lead a collaborative project to pioneer technology for long-term energy storage.

Lab News in brief: CGT Catapult, PacBio, Isakson Prize, Hartwell, Exogene, Swansea Uni, Metir, Berry Genomics, diaago…

November 10, 2025
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult’s annual report reveals last year it worked with 70 companies on advanced therapies innovation, with the firms raising more than £177 million. Of the companies,...

Sheffield engineers harness weather forecasts for industrial green energy

November 3, 2025
University of Sheffield engineers are using the weather to time energy intensive manufacturing for when the electricity grid’s carbon footprint is at its lowest.

‘Commercial seeds could threaten native wildflowers’ claim

October 18, 2025
Commercial seeds used to help revive meadowland and plant diversity could have the opposite effect on the British countryside, says a study by Durham University scientists.

UK’s rarest reptile takes firmer hold in Devon

September 28, 2025
Conservation efforts to save Britain’s rarest native reptile have resulted in a 25% year on year increase in numbers at a key site in the west country.

Chemical ‘LEGO’ hints at life’s origins

August 31, 2025
Scientists have succeeded in linking amino acids with ribonucleic acid (RNA) to suggest how the pairing might have occurred spontaneously at the origin of life.

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