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Space scientist Aderin-Pocock to present bicentenary Ri Christmas Lectures
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Space scientist and broadcaster Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will present this year’s Royal Institutio…

Reversible composite adhesives offer new possibilities in material science
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Researchers have created reversible composite adhesives using molecular entanglement, enabling enha…

Demand for EU critical chemicals law to ensure production of key molecules
Added: 13 Mar 2025
The EU must take action to protect production of nearly 20 key molecules deemed vital to industrial…

Integrity at all times
Added: 10 Mar 2025
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) plays a crucial role in engineering advanced materials but accur…

Second Innovate UK regulatory science initiative: £4.7 million for 11 projects
Added: 22 Feb 2025
Innovate UK has announced a second multimillion pound initiative in less than a month, to develop r…

Bath seeks cleaner, greener water option
Added: 15 Feb 2025
Chemical engineers at the University of Bath have claimed a world first with the creation of a sust…

Mummies’ odour is a bouquet, not a curse
Added: 14 Feb 2025
They might be the stuff of horror movies but Egyptian mummies seem to have lasted the course where …

Liverpool team’s novel material promises boost to IoT storage capabilities
Added: 29 Jan 2025
University of Liverpool scientists have developed a novel material they claim may enable internet o…

At the heart of things
Added: 20 Jan 2025
London’s role as a lab science location has been limited by shortage of sites but evidence suggests…

Composite product offers hope for neurodegenerative conditions, claim developers
Added: 13 Jan 2025
A novel composite material created by two UK universities has the potential to provide new treatmen…

Strategy launched to futureproof UK role in materials innovation
Added: 13 Jan 2025
The long-awaited National Materials Innovation Strategy has launched with the claim that a committe…

Imperial’s smart heart reading T-shirt nets £340k
Added: 6 Jan 2025
Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable th…

Access your free copy of the Laboratory News Christmas issue…
Added: 20 Dec 2024
Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…

Greener diagnostics: The sustainable revolution
Added: 17 Dec 2024
From eco-friendly materials to innovative technologies such as spectroscopy, molecular diagnostics …

New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge
Added: 8 Dec 2024
A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…

Airflow controller and monitors with integrated gas sensor promote lab safety
Added: 3 Dec 2024
Fume cupboard manufacturers now have access to a new airflow controller and monitors with integrate…

UK space sector growth promises benefits for lab R&D
Added: 1 Dec 2024
Lab innovation has helped enable the UK space sector’s expansion rate to outstrip the wider economy…

Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti
Added: 25 Nov 2024
UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…

Combating microplastics
Added: 28 Oct 2024
Microscopy techniques are used to identify and characterise microplastics, but each has limitations…

Get with the program
Added: 28 Oct 2024
Valuable research by non-native English speakers gets missed, suggests Adrian Wallwork, because of …