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Study unearths role of fertilisers in crop metals uptake
Added: 9 May 2025
Animal based fertilisers ensure agriculture and water systems are less exposed to pollutants than t…
Lords urge UK to act now on visas in global fight for US STEM talent
Added: 7 May 2025
UK immigration laws leave the country in danger of missing out on a “massive opportunity” to benefi…
Shall I compare thee to soft robotics…?
Added: 7 May 2025
A scientific revelation regarding rose petals has been hailed by its discoverers as a potential bre…
Mosquito project overwhelmed by swarm of willing citizen scientists
Added: 5 May 2025
Citizen scientists working with the University of Glasgow have amassed more than 700 reports over a…
Trials tackle if menstrual cycle contributes to women’s soccer injury
Added: 5 May 2025
Football governing body FIFA is funding Kingston University to research whether the menstrual cycle…
Royal Marsden claims first with online daily adaptive radiotherapy treatment
Added: 5 May 2025
London’s Royal Marsden Hospital is claiming a medical first for a radiotherapy planning system that…
NCUB: university-business R&D funding focused on too few institutions
Added: 28 Apr 2025
The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) has warned that R&D investment is over rel…
PacBio to partner ‘first ever’ North African based dementia study
Added: 28 Apr 2025
Biotechnology company PacBio is to be a partner in a project to address the under representation of…
Evidence suggests chimps ‘bring it in’ like bonobos
Added: 28 Apr 2025
New research suggests chimpanzees and bonobos may not be markedly different from each other in thei…
£10 million approved for Liverpool LSTM’s AI Level 3 labs suite
Added: 27 Apr 2025
Funding of £10 million has been cleared for AI powered robotic laboratories to be provided to Liver…
AI enables vets to take cues straight from the horse’s mouth
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Two Swedish research institutions have developed an AI platform that provides a 'digital voice' for…
Genetic study suggests possible means to identify drug resistant epilepsy
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Identifiying ‘genetic signatures’ could enable medical experts to determine which epilepsy sufferer…
UWS team’s radiation detector earmarked for leading world labs
Added: 13 Apr 2025
A novel radiation detector developed by staff at students at the University of the West of Scotland…
Protein test 'for a fiver' may quadruple accuracy of heart risk prediction
Added: 12 Apr 2025
Basic £5 blood tests for a single protein could more accurately predict a person's risk of heart at…
New survey finds lower levels of vitamins and iodine in UK milk
Added: 11 Apr 2025
A new survey of cows’ milk on sale in UK supermarkets has found that it contains lower levels of vi…
NCUB praises public R&D investment, calls for more
Added: 9 Apr 2025
The National Centre for Universities and Businesses has applauded increases in state R&D investment…
Study reveals older exercisers are made of tougher stuff
Added: 6 Apr 2025
Older adults may be more physically resilient when exercising than is commonly supposed, according …
Pirbright vows inaugural lab biosciences conference will become annual fixture
Added: 3 Apr 2025
The Pirbright Institute says that the success of its first UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference…
Sustainable sensor guards plant health and feeds the soil
Added: 1 Apr 2025
It sounds like an environmentalist’s dream: technology that helps boost crop yields and then compos…
New MD of Endress+Hauser level and pressure centre killed in car crash
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Laboratory and process instrumentation and automation supplier Endress+Hauser Group has announced t…
