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Our new edition: PhDs, biosimilars, Future Lab, ELN and more…
Added: 4 Feb 2026
Is the PhD still a good investment for a STEM career? The new edition of Laboratory News offers a p…
‘Cultural mismatch’ mars university-investor R&D collaboration, says report
Added: 4 Feb 2026
Research funding in the UK is being hampered by a “cultural mismatch” between universities and inve…
Scientists find sweet spot for tackling resistant pathogen
Added: 4 Feb 2026
Australian researchers have designed antibodies able to recognise a sugar present only on bacterial…
Wearable tech creates user-friendly sleep apnoea test
Added: 4 Feb 2026
New wearable technology developed by the University of Chester is providing fresh insights into how…
Gene study offers new clues to vertebrate evolution
Added: 2 Feb 2026
University of St Andrews scientists have cast new light on how vertebrate animals may have emerged.
Survey suggests scientists view ELNs as ‘glorified filing cabinets’
Added: 1 Feb 2026
Electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) are regarded by many laboratory professionals as little more than “…
Swedish researchers cite biomarker advance for early stage Parkinson’s
Added: 1 Feb 2026
Biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease have been identified by a Scandinavian research team, pinpointin…
Britain continues to dominate European biotech investment, says BIA
Added: 26 Jan 2026
The UK remained Europe’s leading national biotech market in 2025 throughout the year, accounting fo…
‘World first’ brain cancer implant therapy nets £4.5 million investment
Added: 25 Jan 2026
Cheshire-based medtech business QV Bioelectronics has won £4.5 million in investment and grant fund…
UK’s first AI-driven Level 3 lab launches first commercial project
Added: 18 Jan 2026
A joint British-Canadian initiative for infectious disease vaccines will be the first commercial pr…
Lab Innovations organiser releases attendance figures for "most successful" show
Added: 18 Jan 2026
Organisers of the recent Lab Innovations trade show at Birmingham NEC have claimed 2025 was their m…
Photonics pioneer Brongersma wins IET’s 2026 Harvey award
Added: 18 Jan 2026
Stanford University professor Mark Brongersma has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology…
Study links variants in single gene to incidences of dementia
Added: 11 Jan 2026
New research from UCL has identified variations in a single gene as an under-recognised target for …
New towns challenge Oxbridge supercluster domination
Added: 9 Jan 2026
Two of Britain’s post-war new towns are challenging Oxford and Cambridge’s domination of the countr…
Breast cancer is world’s most studied disease for fifth year
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Phesi’s annual report on the world’s clinical trials has revealed that breast cancer has maintained…
Plasma breakthrough transforms Space from lab to factory
Added: 5 Jan 2026
British aerospace firm Space Forge is claiming a world first after producing a vital semiconductor …
Women scientists and engineers prominent in New Year Honours list
Added: 31 Dec 2025
Women scientists and engineers have featured strongly among the upper echelons of the 2026 New Year…
Nutritional nuts come with a Christmas bonus
Added: 22 Dec 2025
They’re a staple of the holiday season and one of the few Christmas foodstuffs to enjoy a reputatio…
Manchester investment to develop energy storage technology
Added: 22 Dec 2025
Manchester university will lead a collaborative project to pioneer technology for long-term energy …
Enthusiasm for UK’s Erasmus return leaves question over Turing scheme
Added: 18 Dec 2025
News that the UK has agreed terms with the European Union to rejoin the Erasmus+ research and study…
