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National curriculum ‘biggest threat to practical science in schools’ warns survey

Added: 18 May 2025

The demands of the national curriculum are the greatest obstacle to providing the hands-on lessons …

Lords urge UK to act now on visas in global fight for US STEM talent

Added: 7 May 2025

UK immigration laws leave the country in danger of missing out on a “massive opportunity” to benefi…

Mosquito project overwhelmed by swarm of willing citizen scientists

Added: 5 May 2025

Citizen scientists working with the University of Glasgow have amassed more than 700 reports over a…

Trials tackle if menstrual cycle contributes to women’s soccer injury

Added: 5 May 2025

Football governing body FIFA is funding Kingston University to research whether the menstrual cycle…

Royal Marsden claims first with online daily adaptive radiotherapy treatment

Added: 5 May 2025

London’s Royal Marsden Hospital is claiming a medical first for a radiotherapy planning system that…

Show Preview: Chemical expansion

Added: 28 Apr 2025

After increasing to add a dedicated chemical lab zone last year, CHEMUK returns with a further addi…

NCUB: university-business R&D funding focused on too few institutions

Added: 28 Apr 2025

The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) has warned that R&D investment is over rel…

Future-proof your workforce with a scientist degree apprenticeship

Added: 22 Apr 2025

Keep your business at the forefront of science, technology, engineering and manufacturing by using …

Genetic study suggests possible means to identify drug resistant epilepsy

Added: 21 Apr 2025

Identifiying ‘genetic signatures’ could enable medical experts to determine which epilepsy sufferer…

NCUB praises public R&D investment, calls for more

Added: 9 Apr 2025

The National Centre for Universities and Businesses has applauded increases in state R&D investment…

Let the scientists rule

Added: 8 Apr 2025

Donald Trump’s expansionist plans are just a retread of century-old dreams of a continent run by te…

Chemical expansion

Added: 7 Apr 2025

After increasing to add a dedicated chemical lab zone last year, CHEMUK returns with a further addi…

Pirbright vows inaugural lab biosciences conference will become annual fixture

Added: 3 Apr 2025

The Pirbright Institute says that the success of its first UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference…

Lab Babble: The war on science

Added: 31 Mar 2025

Wake up and smell the rot, urges Russ Swan.

Green chemistry: The path to sustainable reagents in laboratories

Added: 31 Mar 2025

Green chemistry is revolutionising the way we approach sustainability in science. Rachel Sully expl…

EPO: UK patent activity increases for third year but lags behind lead nations

Added: 27 Mar 2025

UK-based innovators have increased their patent filing activity in Europe for the third year in suc…

Fermenting resistance

Added: 24 Mar 2025

A study revealed that cancer cells that developed a high fermentative capacity became resistant and…

Spelling it out

Added: 24 Mar 2025

For professionals, the rules for furnishing safe and efficient lab spaces may be second knowledge b…

Transplanted microbiota offers hope in fight against cotton disease threat

Added: 18 Mar 2025

A disease that has devastated cotton crops worldwide is being tackled by a novel method of plant tr…

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…