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Extra-terrestrial invader downgraded to a truck
Added: 10 Mar 2024
Ground vibrations picked up at a remote seismic station a decade ago and attributed to a meteor may…
Pharma/life science survey response deals blow to Sunak’s overtures
Added: 11 Mar 2024
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts to put life science investment at the heart of the UK’s econom…
Radio waves offer gentler and more efficient way to alter bacteria DNA
Added: 3 Mar 2024
Radio waves have been successfully harnessed to provide a less traumatic means to alter the DNA of …
Private R&D investment fall prompts pre-Budget call for action
Added: 3 Mar 2024
In a statement timed ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, the chief executive of the Na…
‘Potash price rise undermines global food security’ warning
Added: 25 Feb 2024
Rising prices for potash across the globe are creating a threat to the level of global food securit…
Nine in 10 life scientists surveyed don’t understand US or European AI rules
Added: 25 Feb 2024
Just 9% of life science professionals polled say they understand either EU or US laws on the use of…
Gates Foundation grant opens door to PhaSER project acceleration
Added: 25 Feb 2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted Edinburgh’s PhaSER Biomedical a US$2.3 million gran…
UKSA £7.4 mill funds UK universities’ role in global space race
Added: 19 Feb 2024
UK Space Agency funding will enable university based scientists to be involved in a raft internatio…
Memory deterioration prevented in animal model of Alzheimer’s
Added: 19 Feb 2024
Suppressing neuronal activity in the part of the brain that regulates sleep can prevent memory dete…
Surrey makes history with two pinches of salt
Added: 19 Feb 2024
Scientists at the University of Surrey are claiming a first with their observations on the effects …
Report underlines economic returns on public investment in science
Added: 11 Feb 2024
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-commissioned research estimates that the org…
Aston-Warwick initiative wins key UKRI funds
Added: 11 Feb 2024
A joint team from Aston and Warwick universities and the University of Warwick have won nearly £2 m…
Wolfson boosts Liverpool nanoscience with £0.8 million
Added: 4 Feb 2024
The Wolfson Foundation has given an £800k grant to enable the University of Liverpool to boost its …
UK continues to lead Europe for life science and biotech investment
Added: 4 Feb 2024
Venture capital investment in UK life sciences and biotech continues to outperform the rest of Euro…
Anglo-Norwegian study casts light on treatment resistant bacteria
Added: 4 Feb 2024
A study comparing the UK and Norway over two decades, has concluded that antibiotic use may drive a…
EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine
Added: 28 Jan 2024
EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and fo…
Knauer mourns death of founder
Added: 28 Jan 2024
Founder of the German lab equipment manufacturer KNAUER Dr Herbert Knauer has died at the age of 92.
AMSBIO to make double offer award for 2024
Added: 28 Jan 2024
AMSBIO has doubled its travel grant award scheme to offer two bursaries to young scientists attendi…
First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours
Added: 21 Jan 2024
Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …
Bath hosts new water-based public health initiative
Added: 21 Jan 2024
The University of Bath is to host the newest Research England Centre of Excellence, with £13 millio…
