March 23, 2026

Discover how laboratory digitalisation, supported by the use of a LIMS, is contributing to changes in food safety operations.  Clinisys outlines how modernised systems and structured workflows may support organisations in...

Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental

Biology, Comment And Analysis, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health & Safety

August 14, 2025

Fluorescent light used in TV and mobile phone screens is being employed in a new capacity – as a pesticide detector in food production.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Earth & Environmental, Environment, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Medical/Health, Soil Science

December 16, 2024

"To eat is to compete in an arms race," says Dr Chris van Tulleken, whose thoughts on evangelising through science, engaging food producers and self-experimentation promise another absorbing series of...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biology, Chemistry, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Interviews, Medical/Health, Physics, Policy

September 15, 2024

A new study of the links between processed foods and diabetes risk suggests considerable variation, even within the higest degree ultra-processed food (UPF) category.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Policy

August 24, 2024

Science broadcaster Dr Chris van Tulleken will deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, focusing on how food has helped shape human evolution.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biological Sciences, Biology, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Policy

December 18, 2023

The sole victim of the major explosion on a South Wales industrial estate has been identified as the founder of the testing laboratory Celtic Food Labs.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science

September 25, 2023

Time-consuming off-site manual testing is being supplanted in many areas by faster and greater capacity digital 24/7 field versions. James Flewellen details how one new collaboration could overhaul toxic material...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Food and Drink, Pharma

March 28, 2023

The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened the door for the commercial development of gene-edited food in England.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Environment, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics

March 5, 2023

As cell meat manufacture develops in the lab, science is increasingly impacting arable farming in the field. Agrigenomics seeks to transition production to counter climate and population pressures, outlines Neil...

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Genetics, Policy

February 27, 2023

Lab grown meat is developing into a multibillion pound industry but scaling up has challenges, explains Liz Fletcher.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health