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Treasury opts for stealth to ‘announce’ takeback of £1.6 bill EU Horizon funds
February 23, 2023
Some £1.6 billion in funds allocated for scientific research has been taken back by the Treasury.
Weighing: the environmental impact
February 10, 2023
Labs are used to taking account of the effect of their processes on the environment but on a smaller scale it can affect them adversely too, as in the case...
Scientific nesting places
February 6, 2023
If the day job leaves little space to stay abreast of happenings in the lab world, Twitter does have its uses…
Can you use a large electron microscope next to a freight train?
December 5, 2022
Thomas E Davies describes the challenges of operating highly sensitive equipment in a city environment surrounded by vibration-generating activities.
Automated material analysis offers cut to cost and human error
December 4, 2022
Researchers in Japan have developed a method to automate a mathematical procedure used to analyse X-ray diffraction data, potentially providing a means to save materials scientists time and expenditure.
Multi-million award to scale up uni lab’s cyber-crime solution research
December 4, 2022
Heriot-Watt University academic Mehul Malik has been awarded £2.5 million from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) for his research into quantum technologies with the capacity to provide next-level defence...
Dystopia calling…
November 14, 2022
Dr Matthew Partridge has seen the 2050 future and it works, even if we no longer understand why.
Heriot-Watt joint initiative to market medical design
November 14, 2022
Heriot-Watt University and Technology Scotland will work together to boost access to sustainable medical device design capabilities for small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
UK materials scientist wins prestigious Hamburg Prize
November 14, 2022
The British scientist Nicola Spaldin has won the prestigious Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics for her work on the development of multiferroic materials.
How can AI advance laboratory research?
October 20, 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, and laboratory research may be the next sector to experience its potential. While the use of AI in laboratories is still relatively...
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