All Medical/Health


Lab Babble: Turning basic science into TV gold

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Move over Mary Berry, writes Russ Swan.

Recruitment starts on first genetic screening for brain aneurysm

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Genetic screening is being employed to improve early treatment and detection of brain aneurysms.

Novel duo offer early diagnosis for four cardiac conditions

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Two technologies developed in UK institutions and capable of addressing four heart conditions have …

Sensing what’s right

Added: 25 Aug 2025

Rigorous cleanroom certification requires accurate, real-time data. Microchip technology provided b…

Complexity demands clarity

Added: 25 Aug 2025

Science mustn’t take refuge in obscurity, insists Matthew Partridge.

Hearing pioneer James Hudspeth dies aged 79

Added: 24 Aug 2025

A. James Hudspeth, the American neuroscientist credited with discovering how the inner ear translat…

Generative AI boost in battle against drug resistance

Added: 15 Aug 2025

Generative AI has enabled the creation of novel antibiotics capable of killing two highly drug resi…

Phone tech to shine a light on Brazil’s pesticide problem

Added: 15 Aug 2025

Fluorescent light used in TV and mobile phone screens is being employed in a new capacity – as a pe…

Double dose ultrasound delivers BPA water pollution breakthrough

Added: 9 Aug 2025

Developments in ultrasound technology have provided a means for tackling difficult pollutants in wa…

Weight loss and growth hormone patients could swap injections for pill suggests research

Added: 8 Aug 2025

Creators of a new technology say it could extend the number of therapies that can be administered v…

Innovation in dialysis equipment

Added: 6 Aug 2025

In 2022, more than 30,000 people were undergoing kidney dialysis in the UK [1], all of whom will re…

Kennedy axes US$0.5 billion mRNA vaccine investment

Added: 6 Aug 2025

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced his department will terminate 22 government c…

In the public arena

Added: 4 Aug 2025

Research in the laboratory or out in the field is essential, but communicating with public audience…

Study reveals the eye is the window to the heart

Added: 3 Aug 2025

Routine eye scans could help identify major coronary illness up to a decade early, concludes resear…

Liebherr launches new under-bench fridge and freezers for lab and healthcare providers

Added: 2 Aug 2025

Liebherr, specialists in commercial refrigeration, have introduced its new range of under-bench fri…

China, obesity and biologics to fuel drug sales growth, says Evaluate report

Added: 1 Aug 2025

China’s bioscience sector growth will be a key factor in the growth of global prescription drug sal…

The time is now

Added: 29 Jul 2025

It’s no secret that the United States is losing talented scientists but why aren’t the UK and Europ…

Turning to gold

Added: 21 Jul 2025

Winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s biennial prize for materials engineering Graham Hutchi…

Shopping mall technicians ‘offer solution to NHS eye appointments bottleneck’

Added: 14 Jul 2025

Technician staffed virtual eye clinics in shopping centres can help significantly reduce serious ap…

Eppendorf young investigators award recognises neuron-tumour expert

Added: 14 Jul 2025

This year’s Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators has gone to an expert in neuron-tumour…