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Final call for entries to Lab Awards 2026

July 26, 2026
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Laboratories, suppliers and individuals from across the UK science sector have until 31 July to submit nominations for this year's Lab Awards, which recognise innovation and achievement across the laboratory...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Awards, R&D, Suppliers
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R&D tax relief reforms ‘discouraging innovation’, survey suggests

July 26, 2026
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Changes to the UK's R&D tax relief scheme are causing many innovative small and medium-sized businesses to scale back research activity, according to new research from R&D tax advisory firm...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Investment, R&D
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Newborn calf blood tests could help improve Johne’s disease surveillance

July 26, 2026
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Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have shown that antibodies against Johne's disease can be detected in newborn calves after they receive colostrum from their mothers, a finding that...
Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental
Biology, Veterinary science
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Glasgow and Dublin to host world’s leading mathematics congress in 2030

July 26, 2026
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Glasgow and Dublin have been selected to jointly host the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in 2030, marking the first time the event will be staged across two countries. The...
Physics & Engineering
Mathematics
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In the new edition of Laboratory News, a focus on healthcare, data and the lab environment

July 18, 2026
News
The most important technology in modern healthcare may not be AI but the laboratories generating the evidence that makes every breakthrough possible... Our latest edition of Laboratory News explores the systems, environments...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Data, diagnostics, Talent pipeline
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Latest Lab Talk News in Brief: digital expansion, new build, tech collab, new markets, financing…

July 16, 2026
News
The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative has expanded its national digital pathology network to 15 hospital sites following the addition of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The platform enables...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Acquisitions, Biology, Medical/Health, R&D
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Magnetotactic bacteria project aims to develop living cancer ‘magnetobots’

July 12, 2026
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Aston University is leading a €1.2m international research project to investigate whether naturally magnetic bacteria can be harnessed to deliver targeted cancer therapies. Funded through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biomedics, Drug development, Microbiology, Oncology, Pharmacology
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Funding to support colorectal cancer platform targeting ‘undruggable’ proteins

July 12, 2026
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University of Bath spin-out Revolver Therapeutics has secured £572k to advance a drug discovery platform designed to target transcription factors, proteins long regarded as among the most difficult targets in...
Life Sciences
Drug Discovery, Oncology
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Life sciences sector urges Government to back investment and innovation

July 12, 2026
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The UK life sciences sector has called on Government to maintain policy continuity, improve access to growth capital and accelerate adoption of innovation across the NHS during a BioIndustry Association...
Life Sciences
Biotech, Investment
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Genomic study sheds light on ‘Typhoid Mary’ carriers

July 12, 2026
News
Researchers have carried out the first large-scale genomic study of enteric fever carriage in England and Wales, revealing that the risk of unknowingly spreading the disease appears to depend more...
Life Sciences
Biology, Epidemiology, Genomics, Pathology
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Heavy metal stress impacts fungi/plant relationships

July 12, 2026
News
Heavy metal pollution can alter the relationship between trees and the fungi that support them, according to research from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), offering new insights into how forests respond...
Earth & Environmental, Chemistry
Biology, Mycology
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Breaking up prolonged sitting linked to lower cancer death risk

July 5, 2026
News
Breaking up long periods of sitting with light physical activity could reduce the risk of cancer death, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Glasgow. Published...
Life Sciences
heart disease, Oncology
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