February 2, 2026

University of St Andrews scientists have cast new light on how vertebrate animals may have emerged.

Cell Biology, Genetics, Proteomics & Genomics

October 27, 2025

A computer system used to study the vast expanse of the universe has been employed to develop a machine learning model to help translate the ‘language’ of proteins.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biochemistry, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology

October 18, 2025

One of the world’s best known photomicrography competitions, Evident’s Image of the Year, is inviting entries for 2026.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials

Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Proteomics & Genomics, Zoology

October 18, 2025

US company Grail claims that results for its new blood test suggest it is capable of diagnosing more than 50 cancer types.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Haematology, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics

August 31, 2025

Scientists have succeeded in linking amino acids with ribonucleic acid (RNA) to suggest how the pairing might have occurred spontaneously at the origin of life.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Organic Chemistry, Proteomics & Genomics

February 9, 2025

Pioneering dementia research professor Roslyn Bill has welcomed the announcement of a £0.5 million grant for Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME), saying it will help accelerate her collaborative work...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics

September 21, 2024

The new Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence has hosted its official academic launch at Aston University with more than 100 leading biology, chemistry, physics and engineering academics and international speakers...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials

Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Environment, Food Science, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Materials, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics

September 1, 2024

Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Oxford University’s Nuffield department of women’s and reproductive health have created the most comprehensive and sophisticated map of the human endometrium yet achieved.

Biology, Cell Biology, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics

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 10, 2024

Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) Programme and genomic sequencing leader PacBio have embarked on a project that aims to produce a more diverse reserve of reference genomes.

Biology, Genetics, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics