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NMRC site provides first ‘terrestrial anchor’ for UK space manufacturing

Added: 4 Mar 2026

Work has finished on what will be the UK’s first in-space manufacturing hub, the new National Micro…

UK built detector components arrive in US for flagship neutrino experiment

Added: 4 Mar 2026

Four ‘building-sized’ components which will play an essential role in the UK contribution to an amb…

Bath combines biology and chemistry to thwart cancer drivers

Added: 4 Mar 2026

University of Bath researchers are harnessing bacteria to develop millions of potential drug molecu…

Ellison purchase swells Triangle’s lab space market but problems remain

Added: 1 Mar 2026

Oxfordshire, a key part of UK life sciences’ Golden Triangle region, had an annual take-up of lab s…

Whale research suggests older lovers may have the best tunes

Added: 1 Mar 2026

Declines in commercial whaling have produced a notable demographic change in humpback whale populat…

Stratech acquisition signals further expansion for Europa Biosite

Added: 1 Mar 2026

Cambridge Bioscience has purchased its fellow life sciences product distributor Stratech Scientific…

Technology's spotlight should be on abusers, not victims

Added: 22 Feb 2026

The proliferation of intrusive and humiliating online representations of female celebrities and oth…

Cambridge funds revolutionary underground work

Added: 22 Feb 2026

Nature recovery programme Cumbria Connect has received funding from a key conservation group for it…

Phesi founder: digital twins offer potential for combatting rare diseases

Added: 21 Feb 2026

Digital twins are offering new therapeutic possibilities for diseases where the number of sufferers…

New owner welcomes acquisition of Laboratory News

Added: 22 Feb 2026

Laboratory News has a new owner, following its acquisition by the pharmaceutical and healthcare pub…

Crick Institute’s Swanton wins US$1mill Sjöberg Prize

Added: 15 Feb 2026

One of oncology research’s largest awards worldwide, the annual Sjöberg Prize, has been awarded thi…

UK-Finland study extends obesity health risks to include infectious diseases

Added: 14 Feb 2026

More than one in 10 deaths from a number of infectious diseases are associated with obesity worldwi…

Cross sector news from the science R&D and laboratory world

Added: 9 Feb 2026

Signs of a long-awaited recovery in the US life science property market... Nobel laureate receives …

The invisible influencer

Added: 4 Feb 2026

Biological assays are a vital part of modern research and drug discovery, yet their reproducibility…

Our new edition: PhDs, biosimilars, Future Lab, ELN and more…

Added: 14 Feb 2026

Is the PhD still a good investment for a STEM career? The new edition of Laboratory News offers a p…

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…

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…

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.