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Matter over mind
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Materials science and nanotech are vital for developing implantable microdevices but there are seve…

Are you ready for show time?
Added: 9 Sep 2019
Once again we are delighted to have partnered with the Lab Innovations show – and we want you to be…

AI biomarker predicts heart attacks
Added: 5 Sep 2019
A new AI-powered imaging biomarker is said to predict hearts attacks at least five years before the…

Medipath adds AI diagnostics to pathology labs
Added: 5 Sep 2019
AI diagnostics company Ibex Medical Analytics has partnered Medipath, the largest network of privat…

WHO joins Plan S
Added: 3 Sep 2019
The World Health Organisation has become the first United Nations agency to join Plan S, the global…

Drought-resistant cereal gene isolated
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Plant scientists have identified a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley that could lea…

Ghost of science future
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Well, here we are. Four months from the completion of the second decade in the third millennium.

Nature’s Bricks and Mortar
Added: 2 Sep 2019
This image shows the internal structure of a blood clot.

International research projects get £3.6M
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Research England has divvied up £3.6 million for eight research institutions in the UK to help fund…

Hogweed turned into carbon material for electrodes
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Hogweed is being put to use to manufacture electrodes for supercapacitors.

Oldest parasitic DNA found in coprolite
Added: 28 Aug 2019
The oldest parasite DNA ever recorded has been discovered in fossilised puma faeces.

Going viral
Added: 28 Aug 2019
Foodborne viruses present a major challenge to the safety of a range of foods including ready–to–ea…

A mysterious relationship
Added: 28 Aug 2019
It is hardly a secret that obesity continues to emerge as a pandemic, but less well known is the bi…

BES plans ‘double blind’ peer review trial
Added: 23 Aug 2019
The British Ecological Society has announced it will be conducting a randomised trial to determine …

Oldest stegosaur found in Morocco
Added: 21 Aug 2019
Remains of the oldest stegosaur, dating to the Middle Jurassic period, have been found in Morocco.

RC of Pathologists opens new £12M HQ
Added: 20 Aug 2019
The Royal College of Pathologists has relocated its headquarters to a new £12 million office in Ald…

Knowing a lot about very little
Added: 19 Aug 2019
The potential of nanomedicine to tackle many diseases is immense, but we really don’t know much abo…

Five things you learn from working in cleanrooms
Added: 19 Aug 2019
Want to avoid committing a serious faux pas before you start working in cleanrooms? That would be h…

UC Davis partners pharmaceutical for cannabis research
Added: 15 Aug 2019
The University of California has partnered Biopharmaceutical Research Company to conduct research i…

EPSRC funds bandage sensor tech
Added: 13 Aug 2019
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has given engineers £360,000 to develop …