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Physicists say magnets offer room temperature quantum computing
Added: 16 Oct 2023
While quantum computing technology may have the potential to solve complex problems at an unprecede…
Lab Innovations 2023: sustainable solvent selection
Added: 9 Oct 2023
While much discussion around sustainability has focused on the energy efficiency of instruments and…
Second malaria vaccine brings significant advance in scale
Added: 5 Oct 2023
The development of a second effective malaria vaccine has been hailed as a significant step forward…
STFC issues recruitment call for £85 mill UK project to build World's most powerful laser
Added: 1 Oct 2023
The Science and Technology Facilities Council is recruiting experts to participate in the construct…
UK agency allocates £65 million to maintain country’s space tech role
Added: 1 Oct 2023
The UK Space Agency is investing up to £65 million into innovations through the National Space Inno…
Getting drastic on plastic
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Our third feature on the Lab innovations My Green Lab/Laboratory News-curated sessions details Labc…
Sheffield scientists aid steel city to lead sector’s transition to greener fuel
Added: 24 Sep 2023
Sheffield's place as a steel industry pioneer could receive a renewed boost as it prepares to lead …
Pistoia survey reveals AI is top tech investment for life sciences
Added: 20 Sep 2023
AI and Machine Learning will be the top tech investment for life science companies over the next tw…
A lighter approach
Added: 18 Sep 2023
The drive to achieve sustainable laboratories affects all areas of operation. After the more obviou…
MRC £2 million targets hard to treat cancers
Added: 17 Sep 2023
Cancers with notably poor survival rates are the targets of a £2 million Medical Research Council …
Plants and particles win Turlings and Shchutska top Swiss science awards
Added: 17 Sep 2023
Biologist Ted Turlings and physicist Lesya Shchutska are this year’s winners of the the two highest…
Informed consent: Maximising compliance and minimising risk
Added: 12 Sep 2023
While the principle of participant consent is better appreciated in clinical research today than in…
Water, the source of (lab) life
Added: 11 Sep 2023
When it comes to laboratory liquid, there’s just nothing that can top the peerless H20, argues Matt…
Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat
Added: 10 Sep 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Science…
Relief from scientific community greets Horizon Europe deal
Added: 8 Sep 2023
UK readmission to Horizon Europe and the Copernicus programme has been greeted with widespread reli…
Innovation in digital imaging is essential for the modern lab
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Technological advances mean switching from microscopes to digital alternatives can be achieved with…
Game Theory: Ocean Pods
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Leicestershire-based Molinarius Games has a water focus. So how does its Ocean Pods board game meas…
Cycling to zero
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Images of workplace pollution and waste usually focus on heavy industry but ignore the sizeable con…
Joint study says earlier mental health care could save £600 million and improve 7 million lives
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Shortening treatment and waiting times for mental health conditions from 12 months to three months …
Low birthweight may directly increase later heart risk – study
Added: 28 Aug 2023
Low birthweight should be added to the list of risks for heart disease, urges a research paper pres…