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Look beyond the Horizon

August 2, 2023
While many scientists are keen to see the UK back in the Horizon Europe programme, Professor Brian J Ford remains sceptical about the benefits…

Accelerating cancer research with automation

July 30, 2023
Chemotherapies that rely on replication-associated DNA damage can affect healthy cells as well as cancer cells, to the detriment of patients. Sweden’s Karolinska Institute is developing DNA repair inhibitors that...

New tools for an old enemy

July 30, 2023
It’s 30 years since the World Health Organisation identified the resurgence of tuberculosis as a global public health emergency, an issue reiterated by its present head. TB drug resistance underlines...

Stopping the rot

July 23, 2023
The global cold chain is functioning but often ineptly, with consequences for food and vaccine supply worldwide. As ever, science is seeking to provide solutions.

Fulbright Award for CMU academic’s ground-breaking organ storage research

July 22, 2023
An academic from Cardiff Metropolitan University has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to enable him to research new approaches to biological preservation at Harvard University.

Depression now in Top Five most studied diseases in clinical development

July 22, 2023
Phesi’s mid-year global analysis of all clinical trials conducted to date in 2023 confirms a shift in disease focus but also a decline in clinical development productivity.

Sustainability transformers win £100k in RSC Emerging Technologies Competition

July 22, 2023
Four innovations hailed for their potential to transform various sectors and address pressing global challenges were announced as the winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2023 Emerging Technologies Competition.

Yellow brick road, smart glasses and virtual assistant join semi-finalist of multimillion Longitude dementia tech competition

July 10, 2023
An augmented reality ‘yellow brick road’, smart glasses that recognise faces and a virtual speech assistant are among the 24 projects to make the semi final of the Longitude Prize...

Lab Babble: Today’s fact, tomorrow’s retract

July 10, 2023
You can withdraw a discredited paper, but the long tail of citations lingers on and on, cautions Russ Swan.

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