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 13, 2024

The Royal Society of Biology and the Pirbright Institute have launched a new professional registration scheme for specialists in biorisk.

Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Health & Safety, Immunology, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Policy, Virology

July 7, 2024

Lab space may be in short supply but don't neglect any element of the moving in process, urges Tes Adamou: the first step on arrival should be achieving the best...

Comment And Analysis, Life Sciences, Policy

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

July 6, 2024

Labour must include a clinical trials option for patients as part of its commitment to extend the scope of the NHS app, urges a leading life sciences lawyer.

Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology

June 30, 2024

Six leading international researchers have been shortlisted as nominees for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) prestigious £350,000 A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize.

Engineering, Physics, Policy

June 30, 2024

‘Pulling the plug’ on AI development would be no more possible than preventing the emergence of oxygen-based ecosystem, asserts the philosopher Yuval Noah Harari.

Biotech, Medical/Health, Policy

June 23, 2024

Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more effective by the development of new instrumentation.

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials

Analytical Chemistry, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Health/Diagnostics, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy