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Aston and allies open doctoral centre for next generation greenhouse gas leaders
Added: 18 Mar 2024
Aston University is to host a doctoral training centre to train a new generation of scientists to h…
Scots biotech labs receive vital scale-up boost
Added: 18 Mar 2024
Scottish bio-based business will be able to access a state-of-the-art fermenter vital to develop pr…
Algorithm anarchy
Added: 12 Mar 2024
We are hoodwinked by algorithms. They are seen as guiding lights; in reality they are error-prone a…
Fox Foundation and bit.bio announce first Parkinson’s project
Added: 10 Mar 2024
The Michael J Fox Foundation and Cambridge synthetic biology company bit.bio have announced their f…
Extra-terrestrial invader downgraded to a truck
Added: 10 Mar 2024
Ground vibrations picked up at a remote seismic station a decade ago and attributed to a meteor may…
Pharma/life science survey response deals blow to Sunak’s overtures
Added: 11 Mar 2024
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts to put life science investment at the heart of the UK’s econom…
Radio waves offer gentler and more efficient way to alter bacteria DNA
Added: 3 Mar 2024
Radio waves have been successfully harnessed to provide a less traumatic means to alter the DNA of …
Private R&D investment fall prompts pre-Budget call for action
Added: 3 Mar 2024
In a statement timed ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, the chief executive of the Na…
‘Potash price rise undermines global food security’ warning
Added: 25 Feb 2024
Rising prices for potash across the globe are creating a threat to the level of global food securit…
Nine in 10 life scientists surveyed don’t understand US or European AI rules
Added: 25 Feb 2024
Just 9% of life science professionals polled say they understand either EU or US laws on the use of…
Gates Foundation grant opens door to PhaSER project acceleration
Added: 25 Feb 2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted Edinburgh’s PhaSER Biomedical a US$2.3 million gran…
UKSA £7.4 mill funds UK universities’ role in global space race
Added: 19 Feb 2024
UK Space Agency funding will enable university based scientists to be involved in a raft internatio…
Memory deterioration prevented in animal model of Alzheimer’s
Added: 19 Feb 2024
Suppressing neuronal activity in the part of the brain that regulates sleep can prevent memory dete…
Surrey makes history with two pinches of salt
Added: 19 Feb 2024
Scientists at the University of Surrey are claiming a first with their observations on the effects …
Report underlines economic returns on public investment in science
Added: 11 Feb 2024
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-commissioned research estimates that the org…
Aston-Warwick initiative wins key UKRI funds
Added: 11 Feb 2024
A joint team from Aston and Warwick universities and the University of Warwick have won nearly £2 m…
Wolfson boosts Liverpool nanoscience with £0.8 million
Added: 4 Feb 2024
The Wolfson Foundation has given an £800k grant to enable the University of Liverpool to boost its …
UK continues to lead Europe for life science and biotech investment
Added: 4 Feb 2024
Venture capital investment in UK life sciences and biotech continues to outperform the rest of Euro…
Anglo-Norwegian study casts light on treatment resistant bacteria
Added: 4 Feb 2024
A study comparing the UK and Norway over two decades, has concluded that antibiotic use may drive a…
EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine
Added: 28 Jan 2024
EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and fo…