July 31, 2024

Waste management specialist CSG is employing lab technology in the field for a new service to identify and safely dispose of unlabelled chemicals.

Earth & Environmental, Materials

Environment, Materials, Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Surface and microstructure Analysis

July 29, 2024

There was little chance of Archimedes losing his screw; things are very different today, reflects Matthew Partridge.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Health & Safety, Materials, Policy

July 28, 2024

Young camels have been identified as a significant contributor in exposing humans to the potentially deadly MERS-CoV virus.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Environment, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy, Virology, Zoology

July 22, 2024

Funding support and infrastructure are needed to bring bio-based products and processes to market and meet net zero targets, urges Lynsey Dunbar. Otherwise, start-ups will be looking elsewhere.

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

Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Health & Safety, Policy

July 21, 2024

It’s the phrase that encapsulates the perennial challenge of transitioning a successful laboratory project into a workable industrial venture.

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

Atmospheric Sciences, Cell Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Green Chemistry, Health & Safety, Materials, Policy

July 21, 2024

It sounds like the classic p… take but work is underway on a project to counter the world shortage of phosphorus by extracting it instead from human urine.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Food & Bev, Policy

July 12, 2024

Notorious for their ability to produce defensive toxins, frogs can also employ another, less well-known chemical weapon to foil predators.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Environment, Genetics, Zoology

July 7, 2024

Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined the newly elected Labour administration as the new minister of state for science.

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

Biology, Energy, Environment, Food & Bev, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology

June 11, 2024

AI collaborators in Britain and the UK have developed a computer system that they say can spot cancer signs in samples with outstanding levels of accuracy.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Environment, Genetics, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pharmaceutical, Policy

June 9, 2024

Bath university spinout Kelpi has secured £4.35 million in funding from a slew of City firms to launch its seaweed-based biomaterial technology in several commercial sectors.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials

Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Marine Biology, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy