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Lab Horizons: charting the science at the cutting edge

Added: 19 Jan 2024

Lab Horizons, our new sister site and publication, is at the cutting edge of science and industry, …

Satellite offers a flood warning breakthrough

Added: 14 Jan 2024

Satellite video offers an enhanced means to monitor river flow and provide earlier and more compreh…

Cherwell joins global brand AnalytiChem Group

Added: 14 Jan 2024

Cleanroom microbiology solutions leader Cherwell Laboratories has been acquired by the German globa…

Nanoscience pioneer McKendry wins £350k AF Harvey prize

Added: 14 Jan 2024

Infectious disease surveillance pioneer Rachel McKendry has won the Institution of Engineering and …

Covid blow to Turing’s first year but positives too

Added: 8 Jan 2024

Britain’s replacement to the Erasmus Programme scholarships attained less than 60% of its target nu…

Modern microscopy identifies Dutch master’s £175k handiwork

Added: 21 Dec 2023

A microscope discovered by chance in a house clearance has been authenticated as the work of ‘the f…

Azenta’s Oxford genomics lab to open in March

Added: 21 Dec 2023

Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford as the location for its state of the art genomics lab open…

Rudolph the blue-eyed reindeer, he can see the lichen glows…

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Rudolph’s red nose may be Christmas fiction but reindeer really do appear to possess another colour…

AI responsibility remains in our hands, warns Ri Christmas Lecturer

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool for better decision making but the ‘ethical buck’ stops …

Testing giant invests millions in connected lab

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Global testing, inspection and certification services leader Element Materials Technology has commi…

Treforest explosion victim named as Celtic Food Labs chief

Added: 18 Dec 2023

The sole victim of the major explosion on a South Wales industrial estate has been identified as th…

Slipping on ice may be down to too much alcohol (or salt)…

Added: 10 Dec 2023

It’s a challenge for pedestrians and road users but also a major problem for industry: why are some…

Therapy ‘alters immune cells’ to fight unresponsive tumours

Added: 10 Dec 2023

Finnish researchers say they have discovered how a new cancer therapy can alter the function of imm…

Robots ‘offer effective intervention in combatting loneliness and negative emotions’

Added: 4 Dec 2023

‘Social’ robots employed during the pandemic to overcome isolation were able to help individuals st…

Aston mourns pharmacy school pioneer Mike Brown

Added: 4 Dec 2023

Aston University Pharmacy School has announced the recent death of Professor Mike Brown, who was in…

Flower power inspires drug cell breakthrough

Added: 4 Dec 2023

Bath university scientists have borrowed from nature to develop more stable versions of proteins an…

First phase of Oxford’s new 1 million sq. ft lab district begins

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Laing O’Rourke will begin the initial phase of Oxford North’s £700 million new innovation district,…

DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in…

Autumn Statement: Chancellor confirms investment for growth via science

Added: 22 Nov 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today confirmed the expected raft of commitments to boost the UK economy wit…

BHF and UK DRI to create vascular dementia research centre

Added: 19 Nov 2023

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) will establish t…