September 1, 2024

An AI tool that pinpoints hidden heart risk in patients could be rolled out for GPs to use within two years.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy

August 31, 2024

Finding lab spaces is difficult but there’s more to consider after you secure one. Switching sites takes careful planning, advises Rachel Houghton.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health & Safety, Policy

August 25, 2024

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University are developing a new method of identifying cancerous DNA which could reduce the need for painful biopsy surgery.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics

August 24, 2024

Materials scientists in Japan have adapted machine learning to predict the mechanical properties of new polymers.

Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Chemical Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Policy

August 24, 2024

Science broadcaster Dr Chris van Tulleken will deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, focusing on how food has helped shape human evolution.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biological Sciences, Biology, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Policy

August 19, 2024

Power-intensive equipment such as fridges and freezers significantly impact energy conservation in labs. The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) helps combat this challenge, says Richard Jafrato, who highlights how strategic...

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

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Food & Bev, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 17, 2024

A conservation app dedicated to mobilising citizen scientists to help protect Swift populations has passed the 100,000 records milestone.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Policy, Zoology

August 17, 2024

Researchers in Sweden have pinpointed a method to speed the separation of particles in fluids, providing a potential aid to the study of microplastics in drinking water and the analysis...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials

Biology, Cell Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 12, 2024

Dr Gen Li returns to the theme of how the war in Ukraine has impacted global clinical development and the further lessons that have been learned.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

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

August 12, 2024

Xenobiotics – those chemical substances found within organisms but not naturally produced by them – are a significant part of Dr Narimantas __nas’ research at Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Centre...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy