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‘Smart IUD’ could herald accurate monitoring for fertility and endometriosis, say creators
Added: 28 Mar 2026
A smart IUD being pioneered by a femtech company could provide breakthrough monitoring for a range …

Infrastructure fails put science investments at risk, report authors warn
Added: 28 Mar 2026
The UK risks wasting billions in potential capital investments in science unless it improves the in…

Pistoia to publish guide to pharma firm social media listening
Added: 28 Mar 2026
The Pistoia Alliance is for the first time engaging health patients in its research, in order to ai…

Motor mimicry could offer insight into muscle conditions say researchers
Added: 21 Mar 2026
Mechanical motors created to mimic molecules that enable human muscles to contract could eventually…

‘Breakthrough’ claimed for sustainable reuse of industrial NBR rubber
Added: 21 Mar 2026
Two pioneering techniques for the sustainable use of nitrile rubber products as new carbon dioxide-…

CrossSense smart specs win Longitude dementia award £1mill grand prize
Added: 21 Mar 2026
CrossSense, the smart glasses-based AI assistant designed to help early stage dementia sufferers wi…

Quantitative analysis of microplastics in shellfish using pyrolysis GCMS
Added: 16 Mar 2026
Many analytical techniques are capable of quantifying microplastics and those larger than 20µm can …

Gut health issues ‘raise risk for heart failure patients’
Added: 13 Mar 2026
People with heart failure have 8% more chance of being hospitalised or dying if they also have poor…

Collaborators apply intelligence to create smart telescopes
Added: 12 Mar 2026
Britain’s Hartree Centre facility has teamed with one of Africa’s leading astronomical institutions…

Consultation measures support for fast track access to medical device imports
Added: 11 Mar 2026
Plans to speed up access to new healthcare devices by aligning regulation with the European Union a…

Product Update: Liebherr expands UK lab portfolio
Added: 10 Mar 2026
Commercial refrigeration specialists Liebherr have introduced seven high performance countertop and…

NMRC site provides first ‘terrestrial anchor’ for UK space manufacturing
Added: 4 Mar 2026
Work has finished on what will be the UK’s first in-space manufacturing hub, the new National Micro…

UK built detector components arrive in US for flagship neutrino experiment
Added: 4 Mar 2026
Four ‘building-sized’ components which will play an essential role in the UK contribution to an amb…

Bath combines biology and chemistry to thwart cancer drivers
Added: 4 Mar 2026
University of Bath researchers are harnessing bacteria to develop millions of potential drug molecu…

Ellison purchase swells Triangle’s lab space market but problems remain
Added: 1 Mar 2026
Oxfordshire, a key part of UK life sciences’ Golden Triangle region, had an annual take-up of lab s…

Whale research suggests older lovers may have the best tunes
Added: 1 Mar 2026
Declines in commercial whaling have produced a notable demographic change in humpback whale populat…

Stratech acquisition signals further expansion for Europa Biosite
Added: 1 Mar 2026
Cambridge Bioscience has purchased its fellow life sciences product distributor Stratech Scientific…

New owner welcomes acquisition of Laboratory News
Added: 22 Feb 2026
Laboratory News has a new owner, following its acquisition by the pharmaceutical and healthcare pub…

Cambridge funds revolutionary underground work
Added: 22 Feb 2026
Nature recovery programme Cumbria Connect has received funding from a key conservation group for it…

Phesi founder: digital twins offer potential for combatting rare diseases
Added: 21 Feb 2026
Digital twins are offering new therapeutic possibilities for diseases where the number of sufferers…