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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…
The write stuff
Added: 20 Jan 2025
Procrastination gets you far, says Matthew Partridge. All the way to deadline time.
Hydrogen hub invests £3million in groundbreaking net zero projects
Added: 20 Jan 2025
Funding valued at £3 million is to be shared among 10 research projects that aim to develop technol…
Financing smarter laboratories
Added: 13 Jan 2025
Everyone understands the importance of greater automation within the laboratory. Meeting that need,…
Horizon based scheme invests €3.2 million in boosting Europe’s quantum research
Added: 13 Jan 2025
A four year project intended to boost Europe’s role in quantum research has secured €3.2 million fr…
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 …
Making tough choices digestible
Added: 16 Dec 2024
“To eat is to compete in an arms race,” says Dr Chris van Tulleken, whose thoughts on evangelising …
Sea-savvy tech provides longest ever study of destructive water currents
Added: 16 Dec 2024
Durham University scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in marine geoscience, using seabe…
Stick-on monitor offers cheap and precise warning system for critical conditions, say researchers
Added: 16 Dec 2024
A novel breathing monitor created by university and commercial partners is capable of providing a l…
Biobanks: a vital investment in precision medicine
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Despite limits in size and investment, biobanks such as Estonia’s are providing deeper understandin…
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…
Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…
Austria invests c€4 million in cognitive study of polarisation and misinformation
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Austria’s leading funding body for research is investing nearly €4 million in a multi-disciplinary …
LLMs’ neuroscience predictions leave the experts trailing
Added: 1 Dec 2024
They’ve long since proved their effectiveness in information retrieval. Now large language models h…
Cell detectives offer clues to counter rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups
Added: 1 Dec 2024
The body’s ‘cell detectives’ could be employed as biomarkers for one of the world’s most widespread…
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…
