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Million dollar beep

February 19, 2024
Digital hackers may be the bigger threat but don’t overlook the need for safeguards against more commonplace errors, details Ellie Gabel.

Report underlines economic returns on public investment in science

February 11, 2024
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-commissioned research estimates that the organisation has supported more than 450 spin-outs that have contributed £5.2 billion to the UK economy over a quarter century.

Keep it clean

February 5, 2024
Chemical disinfectants are hazardous to lab staff, and if discharged into the wastewater, pose a health risk to wildlife, ecosystems and the general public. Paul Birchmore makes the case for...

Starry, starry night

February 5, 2024
After just three years, the Lab Awards has come of age with a standalone event, a record number of categories and more than a touch of stardust alongside the science.

On the front line

January 22, 2024
Increasing digitalisation creates a weapon for hackers, criminals and hostile states to employ far beyond traditional targets. With a huge array of data and their critical role in industry and...

Fit for purpose

January 15, 2024
There’s nothing arcane about furniture modularity, in fact it’s intrinsic to plans for creating a science superpower, insists Michelle Locke.

Nanoscience pioneer McKendry wins £350k AF Harvey prize

January 14, 2024
Infectious disease surveillance pioneer Rachel McKendry has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize.

Covid blow to Turing’s first year but positives too

January 8, 2024
Britain’s replacement to the Erasmus Programme scholarships attained less than 60% of its target number of students during its launch year, says the Department of Education.

Robots ‘offer effective intervention in combatting loneliness and negative emotions’

December 4, 2023
‘Social’ robots employed during the pandemic to overcome isolation were able to help individuals struggling with isolation, stress and other difficult emotions, claims a new study.

DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert

November 27, 2023
Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in order to boost preparations against new pandemics, warned a leading genomics expert.

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