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Rudolph the blue-eyed reindeer, he can see the lichen glows…

December 18, 2023
Rudolph’s red nose may be Christmas fiction but reindeer really do appear to possess another colourful facial feature to aid navigation.

DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert

November 27, 2023
Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in order to boost preparations against new pandemics, warned a leading genomics expert.

New map of UK 20th century land use throws light on biodiversity change

October 30, 2023
The first map has been produced that can detail how nearly all of Britain’s lowland meadows and pasture land was lost to increasingly intensive farming in the last century.

Nikon photomicrography competition unveils more small world stunners

October 22, 2023
An image of the common by-product of diabetes that causes widespread sight loss affecting up to one in five sufferers has won the coveted first place in the 49th annual...

Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat

September 9, 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council are funding the Royal Veterinary College efforts to develop vaccines to tackle the most...

RVNs produce first veterinary nurses’ guide by fellow professionals

May 20, 2023
Enterprising registered veterinary nurses have turned authors to produce the first guide for their profession written by working RVNs.

Culture guffaws: Latin liberties and trends in taxonomy

May 7, 2023
Latin may have been central to scientific taxonomy for centuries but it’s adapted well to modern influences with often amusing results, demonstrates Professor Brian J Ford...

‘Robocarp’ makes splash with motion breakthrough 

April 27, 2023
A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could enhance underwater exploration and extend the uses of low-cost twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuator devices.

Let’s talk about sex, maybe

March 29, 2023
As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford revisits his theory, first published a decade ago in Laboratory News, that the clue to...

‘Ramp up diagnostic techniques or risk Avian flu spill-over’

March 26, 2023
The co-founder of healthtech company Pictura Bio says the UK’s diagnostic testing capacity is not sophisticated enough to tackle an influenza event that spills from avian to human populations.

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