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Lab 2050: Four pillars of transformation

Added: 7 Nov 2022

To prepare for the laboratory of the future we must ask, decades ahead, how it will look? Pistoia A…

Health data project appeals for 5 million UK volunteers

Added: 7 Nov 2022

Five million UK adults are being invited to participate in one of the largest and most ambitious he…

Database of 4 million race starts enables major study of Thoroughbred sudden death

Added: 31 Oct 2022

The first study ever made on a large scale of sudden death in Thoroughbred race horses has suggeste…

The most detailed analysis of the human genome has been published by scientists

Global initiative aims to identify disease-linked genome variations

Added: 31 Oct 2022

A newly formed international collaborative science project created with the aim of identifying vari…

Lab Awards finalists named

Added: 26 Oct 2022

Finalists have been announced for the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with La…

NHS unveils ‘ground breaking' non-invasive epilepsy treatment

Added: 24 Oct 2022

NHS leaders have hailed as ‘ground breaking’ a new non-invasive surgery for epilepsy.

How can AI advance laboratory research?

Added: 21 Oct 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, and laboratory research may be the …

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Online games and brain stimulation offers hope for combating working memory decline

Added: 16 Oct 2022

Tailored online games combined with a form of brain stimulation appear to show significant results …

Nikon Small World hands awards first place to photogenic gecko image

Added: 16 Oct 2022

The three millimetre hand of a lizard embryo captured on camera in incredible detail has won first …

Simulated trials for better real-world outcomes

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Improvements in technology, as well as data capture and analysis have increased the effectiveness o…

US senators ask for comprehensive rubber turf study

Professional rugby players may have greater neurodegenerative disease risk, suggests research

Added: 9 Oct 2022

Former international rugby players included in a recent health study showed risks of neurodegenerat…

Ukraine conflict leaves a hole in clinical trials enrolment in region

Added: 9 Oct 2022

Clinical trials in Ukraine and Russia have plunged by around 50% during 2022, according to the late…

Quantum, click and evolution provide Nobel Science-winning ingredients 

Added: 6 Oct 2022

Quantum physics, click chemistry and evolutionary breakthroughs were the dominant themes for this y…

Knowledge is power: In silico modelling of Covid-19

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Scientific research takes time. But, as the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted, sometimes that’s a luxur…

Vitae Three Minute Thesis victor is second Kingston Uni winner in a row

Added: 30 Sep 2022

Bioengineer Sadaf Akbari beat rivals from nearly 70 universities across the UK and Ireland to win a…

Doppelganger effect

Added: 26 Sep 2022

Ethical and medical challenges combined with technological advances and improved data capabilities …

MND treatment offers hope for further research on disease variants

Added: 22 Sep 2022

Treatment administered for a specific variant of motor-neurone disease (MND) has reportedly been ef…

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Single amino acid change could hold key to Neanderthal demise

Added: 19 Sep 2022

New research addresses the puzzle of why, of all the human species to have evolved, only our own av…

View Nikon Small World in Motion 2022 winners

Added: 12 Sep 2022

View the amazing microscopic images of the finalists in the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion video …

Sulzer acquisition to scale up biopolymer production

Added: 11 Sep 2022

Industrial giant Sulzer has acquired a stake in Netherland’s-based CELLiCON with the aim of scaling…