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Global initiative aims to identify disease-linked genome variations
Added: 31 Oct 2022
A newly formed international collaborative science project created with the aim of identifying vari…
Online games and brain stimulation offers hope for combating working memory decline
Added: 16 Oct 2022
Tailored online games combined with a form of brain stimulation appear to show significant results …
Global project to measure carbon footprint of clinical trials
Added: 16 Oct 2022
A new international initiative is developing a methodology to assess the respective environmental i…
Professional rugby players may have greater neurodegenerative disease risk, suggests research
Added: 9 Oct 2022
Former international rugby players included in a recent health study showed risks of neurodegenerat…
Ukraine conflict leaves a hole in clinical trials enrolment in region
Added: 9 Oct 2022
Clinical trials in Ukraine and Russia have plunged by around 50% during 2022, according to the late…
Quantum, click and evolution provide Nobel Science-winning ingredients
Added: 6 Oct 2022
Quantum physics, click chemistry and evolutionary breakthroughs were the dominant themes for this y…
AI-enhanced chromatography aims to boost analysis accuracy and speed
Added: 30 Sep 2022
Fujitsu has signed a deal with the French firm Phytocontrol to integrate artificial intellegence to…
CCDC grants aim to inspire tomorrow’s structural chemistry pioneers
Added: 11 Sep 2022
One of the world’s leading resources for structural chemistry, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Cent…
Biopharma lags in harnessing digitalisation suggests report
Added: 20 Aug 2022
A study of leading UK and Irish firms in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors reveals wide …
Synthetic polymers offer means to bypass gene editing for biocatalysis
Added: 20 Aug 2022
Scientists believe they have found a way to improve the efficiency of biocatalysis by avoiding the …
Warning that 1 in 3 adults will lack higher Covid antibody levels by next vaccination round
Added: 13 Aug 2022
A continued fall in the number of UK adults with higher level Covid antibody levels makes it likely…
Oxford spin-out MiroBio bought by biopharma leader for £0.3 billion
Added: 5 Aug 2022
US biopharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has sealed an agreement to purchase the Oxford Universit…
Life sciences leap forward as AlphaFold shares the ‘protein universe’
Added: 29 Jul 2022
AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence programme created by AI group Deep Mind has released its pre…
BHF awards team £30 million to develop injectable heart cure
Added: 29 Jul 2022
Research team CureHeart has won the £30 million Big Beat Challenge to develop its injectable cure f…
Cambridge’s ninth fund underlines place as UK uni spin-outs investment leader
Added: 26 Jun 2022
Cambridge University has cemented its standing as the UK leader for university spin-outs with the f…
Pistoia Alliance announces first female president
Added: 25 Jun 2022
Pistoia Alliance, the global body which promotes non-competitive R&D collaboration among leading li…
REF results hammer home the importance of UK university-business collaboration
Added: 1 Jun 2022
The results of the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) identify ‘world-leading’ and ‘interna…
DOE support for scientists impacted by the war in Ukraine
Added: 6 Apr 2022
The ongoing war in Ukraine presents incredible, heartbreaking challenges to both the country and it…
UK Space Agency SPRINT funding to support business collaborations with devolved nations universities
Added: 5 Apr 2022
The national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support program…
UN debate on how to make science and technology more sustainable and inclusive
Added: 24 Mar 2022
A debate to discuss how science and technology can boost Covid-19 recovery is to be held in the UN.…