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Genetic study suggests possible means to identify drug resistant epilepsy
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Identifiying ‘genetic signatures’ could enable medical experts to determine which epilepsy sufferer…
AI enables vets to take cues straight from the horse’s mouth
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Two Swedish research institutions have developed an AI platform that provides a 'digital voice' for…
UWS team’s radiation detector earmarked for leading world labs
Added: 13 Apr 2025
A novel radiation detector developed by staff at students at the University of the West of Scotland…
Protein test 'for a fiver' may quadruple accuracy of heart risk prediction
Added: 12 Apr 2025
Basic £5 blood tests for a single protein could more accurately predict a person's risk of heart at…
New survey finds lower levels of vitamins and iodine in UK milk
Added: 11 Apr 2025
A new survey of cows’ milk on sale in UK supermarkets has found that it contains lower levels of vi…
NCUB praises public R&D investment, calls for more
Added: 9 Apr 2025
The National Centre for Universities and Businesses has applauded increases in state R&D investment…
Engineering biology: converting lab R&D into outputs
Added: 7 Apr 2025
IChemE’s Duncan Lugton, who submitted evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committ…
Study reveals older exercisers are made of tougher stuff
Added: 6 Apr 2025
Older adults may be more physically resilient when exercising than is commonly supposed, according …
Pirbright vows inaugural lab biosciences conference will become annual fixture
Added: 3 Apr 2025
The Pirbright Institute says that the success of its first UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference…
Sustainable sensor guards plant health and feeds the soil
Added: 1 Apr 2025
It sounds like an environmentalist’s dream: technology that helps boost crop yields and then compos…
New MD of Endress+Hauser level and pressure centre killed in car crash
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Laboratory and process instrumentation and automation supplier Endress+Hauser Group has announced t…
Peptide breakthrough curbs ‘undruggable’ cancer switch
Added: 28 Mar 2025
Researchers have outlined a means to apply drug treatments to previously resistant protein which ca…
EPO: UK patent activity increases for third year but lags behind lead nations
Added: 27 Mar 2025
UK-based innovators have increased their patent filing activity in Europe for the third year in suc…
Further grant-aided purchase boosts AIME’s status as regional science leader
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Grant money of £1.5 million has enabled installation of a new mass spectrometer at Aston Institute …
Transplanted microbiota offers hope in fight against cotton disease threat
Added: 18 Mar 2025
A disease that has devastated cotton crops worldwide is being tackled by a novel method of plant tr…
Space scientist Aderin-Pocock to present bicentenary Ri Christmas Lectures
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Space scientist and broadcaster Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will present this year’s Royal Institutio…
Demand for EU critical chemicals law to ensure production of key molecules
Added: 13 Mar 2025
The EU must take action to protect production of nearly 20 key molecules deemed vital to industrial…
Megalodon's true shape sheds light on aquatic gigantism
Added: 13 Mar 2025
A new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica has revealed fresh insights into the anatomy of…
Reversible composite adhesives offer new possibilities in material science
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Researchers have created reversible composite adhesives using molecular entanglement, enabling enha…
A laughing matter: humour boosts science communication
Added: 15 Mar 2025
The traditional image of scientists as solemn, white-coated figures might soon give way to a lighte…
