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Putting knowledge before prestige

October 6, 2025
Insight
Our reliance upon the impact factor is destroying public trust in science, argues Damian Pattinson.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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November 5 deadline for AMR innovators to share PACE £6 million

October 6, 2025
News
One of the UK’s largest public-private initiatives for antimicrobial drug and diagnostic development is inviting participants for its third funding round, in aid of global health.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Laboratory News new issue: is science publishing too obsessed with citation?

October 5, 2025
News
Science publishing has become too focused on achieving citations at the expense of advancing knowledge, claims an industry critic.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Policy
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Saving lives, protecting livelihoods

September 29, 2025
Insight
Zoonotic disease Nipah virus (NiV) killed more than 100 people in a 1999 Malaysian outbreak. Simon Graham outlines his work to establish an international consortium that aims to develop a...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Oxford’s example ‘could generate massive boost to regional spin-outs’

September 20, 2025
News
An extra £15 billion in funding for UK university spin-outs over the next decade could generate nearly twice that figure in co-investments and create thousands of life science and related...
Life Sciences
Life Sciences, Policy
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Nuclear associations’ deal aims to foster greater US-UK exchange 

September 18, 2025
News
The UK’s Nuclear Institute and the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have signed an agreement to offer reciprocal membership.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Engineering, Environment, Materials Science, Physics, Policy
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Front line safeguards

September 15, 2025
Insight
Effective monitoring is essential for sample storage and never more so than in the race to halt a pandemic. Gary Bradshaw recalls how improved alarming contributed to the protection of...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Phase 2 trials underway for new pneumococcal disease vaccine

September 14, 2025
News
Trials are underway on a £3.2 million-funded new vaccine to tackle the presence pneumococcal disease, a leading preventable cause of child deaths.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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ABPI and NCUB: lack of competitiveness undermining UK life sciences

September 13, 2025
News
Britain’s place as a global leader in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors has plunged in recent years, suggests a new industry report.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Spin-out’s £10 million aims to replace 10 billion single use plastic items

September 6, 2025
News
Cambridge university spin-out Xampla has won investment worth millions to enable it to develop plant-based polymers capable of replacing single-use plastics.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Earth & Environmental, Environment, Green Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Policy
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