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China, obesity and biologics to fuel drug sales growth, says Evaluate report

Added: 1 Aug 2025

China’s bioscience sector growth will be a key factor in the growth of global prescription drug sal…

Parliament's senior committee claims UKRI lacks accountability

Added: 28 Jul 2025

Parliament’s senior select committee has called on government to impose tighter scrutiny on UK Rese…

UK universities’ international patent partnership filings top 100 a year

Added: 27 Jul 2025

UK universities and research institutions have filed an average of 100 patent applications with int…

Bowden award for researcher’s bird standing studies

Added: 24 Jul 2025

Royal Veterinary College (RVC) PhD student Yuting Lin has been awarded the Ruth Bowden Award for he…

Speaking scientific truth to power

Added: 23 Jul 2025

Each year, one early career chemical or process engineer swaps the lab bench for the corridors of W…

Ri receives boosts for outreach and environmental overhaul

Added: 19 Jul 2025

Urenco is to support the Royal Institution (Ri) in its efforts to expand its Young Scientist Centre…

Plant peacemaker’s segregation keeps ant wars at bay

Added: 20 Jul 2025

Plants from the Pacific based genus Squamellaria which have adapted to encourage the presence of an…

Study suggests older male endurance athletes have greater heart rhythm risk

Added: 21 Jul 2025

Older male endurance athletes may be at higher risk of abnormal heart rhythms, according to a study…

Shopping mall technicians ‘offer solution to NHS eye appointments bottleneck’

Added: 14 Jul 2025

Technician staffed virtual eye clinics in shopping centres can help significantly reduce serious ap…

Heat deaths could rise 50 times in 50 years, claims new report

Added: 14 Jul 2025

Rising temperatures and an aging population could result in a fiftyfold increase in heat related de…

Eppendorf young investigators award recognises neuron-tumour expert

Added: 14 Jul 2025

This year’s Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators has gone to an expert in neuron-tumour…

Hair’s breadth ‘chapel on a chip’ demonstrates wonders of laser manufacturing

Added: 6 Jul 2025

Sorbonne university’s Chapel of Saint Ursula has been a Parisian landmark for nearly four centuries…

Volunteers’ lichen finds give conservation boost to rare rainforest

Added: 6 Jul 2025

Citizen science volunteers have identified two rare lichens never before recorded in the north of E…

Rising demand, shrinking footprint

Added: 4 Jul 2025

In a prelude to the Lab Innovations show, Mark Withers considers one of the most pressing issues fo…

Let Grok take over your life...

Added: 4 Jul 2025

Others may quail at the onward march of AI but, in one respect at least, professor Brian J Ford has…

New body seeks to counter Russell Group research dominance

Added: 29 Jun 2025

Secretary of state for science, innovation and technology Peter Kyle has welcomed the creation of a…

UK leads in Europe for life science foreign investment projects

Added: 29 Jun 2025

The UK was Europe overall’s leading European destination for life sciences foreign direct investmen…

Birmingham four win RSC research prizes

Added: 29 Jun 2025

The University of Birmingham is celebrating Royal Society of Chemistry research prize wins for four…

Miele Professional launches glass washers to cater for all laboratory needs

Added: 27 Jun 2025

Miele Professional, a global leader in premium commercial appliances, has announced the launch of i…

Climate change is boosting soil-based pathogen development warns report

Added: 28 Jun 2025

Global warming is enhancing the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil microbes, wa…