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Supercomputer enables AI model to ‘speak’ better Protein

Added: 27 Oct 2025

A computer system used to study the vast expanse of the universe has been employed to develop a mac…

No-braining training

Added: 26 Oct 2025

New job, same old induction, rues Matthew Partridge.

Collaborative science in the spotlight

Added: 26 Oct 2025

As the NEC Birmingham prepares for this year’s Lab Innovations show from 29-30 October, the event’s…

Game Theory: Savanna

Added: 20 Oct 2025

Ecosystem’s latest iteration is Savanna, say Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner.

Protein integrity in the cause of science

Added: 20 Oct 2025

The IMPALA-NET network is developing a polymer-lipid particle technique to preserve the lipid envir…

Firm claims successful results for test identifying 50 cancers

Added: 19 Oct 2025

US company Grail claims that results for its new blood test suggest it is capable of diagnosing mor…

Choosing an appropriate digestion process for your laboratory

Added: 13 Oct 2025

Quality analysis with ICP-MS and AA/ICP-OES starts with good sample preparation and for this to be …

Mark of quality

Added: 13 Oct 2025

An important international standard, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 sets clear rules for how testing and calibr…

UK science institutions ‘vulnerable’ to political interference, warns report

Added: 9 Oct 2025

Leading UK scientific institutions such as the Met Office and the UK Health Security Agency lack su…

Doctoring priorities

Added: 6 Oct 2025

The medical profession is a key laboratory client. So, it pays to understand the strategic prioriti…

Putting knowledge before prestige

Added: 6 Oct 2025

Our reliance upon the impact factor is destroying public trust in science, argues Damian Pattinson.

November 5 deadline for AMR innovators to share PACE £6 million

Added: 6 Oct 2025

One of the UK’s largest public-private initiatives for antimicrobial drug and diagnostic developmen…

Laboratory News new issue: is science publishing too obsessed with citation?

Added: 6 Oct 2025

Science publishing has become too focused on achieving citations at the expense of advancing knowle…

Saving lives, protecting livelihoods

Added: 29 Sep 2025

Zoonotic disease Nipah virus (NiV) killed more than 100 people in a 1999 Malaysian outbreak. Simon …

Oxford’s example ‘could generate massive boost to regional spin-outs’

Added: 20 Sep 2025

An extra £15 billion in funding for UK university spin-outs over the next decade could generate nea…

Nuclear associations’ deal aims to foster greater US-UK exchange 

Added: 19 Sep 2025

The UK’s Nuclear Institute and the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have signed an agreement to offer…

Front line safeguards

Added: 15 Sep 2025

Effective monitoring is essential for sample storage and never more so than in the race to halt a p…

Phase 2 trials underway for new pneumococcal disease vaccine

Added: 15 Sep 2025

Trials are underway on a £3.2 million-funded new vaccine to tackle the presence pneumococcal diseas…

ABPI and NCUB: lack of competitiveness undermining UK life sciences

Added: 14 Sep 2025

Britain’s place as a global leader in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors has plunged in r…

Spin-out’s £10 million aims to replace 10 billion single use plastic items

Added: 7 Sep 2025

Cambridge university spin-out Xampla has won investment worth millions to enable it to develop plan…