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.

Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering

Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment

September 23, 2025

Generative AI will become ever more embedded within scientific research, the challenge is to keep it fit for purpose. Focus on the trusted, intuitive and fast, says Cameron Ross.

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Comment And Analysis, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical

September 18, 2025

The UK’s Nuclear Institute and the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have signed an agreement to offer reciprocal membership.

Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Energy, Engineering, Environment, Materials Science, Physics, Policy

September 6, 2025

Lab produced algorithms may have solved a key challenge for today’s automated factories and might further remove human interventions.

Computer Science, Engineering, Physics

August 15, 2025

A scheme to support Britain’s nuclear industry through the development of sustainable graphite supplies has won more than £13 millions worth of public and industry backing.

Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Energy, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Physics, Policy

July 29, 2025

It’s no secret that the United States is losing talented scientists but why aren’t the UK and Europe doing more to take advantage of the opportunity, demands Rafael E Carazo...

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

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy

July 22, 2025

Each year, one early career chemical or process engineer swaps the lab bench for the corridors of Westminster, not to become a politician, but to help inform them.

Chemistry, Physics & Engineering

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Engineering, Policy

July 21, 2025

Winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s biennial prize for materials engineering Graham Hutchings shares his personal research journey, when a career-long ‘love affair’ with gold led to pioneering advances...

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

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Policy

May 22, 2025

The nominations process for this year’s Lab Awards has opened, with the winners to be announced at the Lab Innovations show in October.

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

Biotech, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy

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