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Government aid for healthcare innovation trio welcomed

Added: 22 Jan 2023

InnoScot Health, the private body working with NHS Scotland to drive commercial innovation in the s…

Harvard team uses rubber to mimic complex birdsongs

Call for targeted approach to boost bird-friendly farming

Added: 8 Jan 2023

Threatened farmland bird species would benefit from a more strategic investment of resources rather…

NASA awaits return of landmark space experiments cargo

Added: 8 Jan 2023

Samples from pioneering experiments into radiation, hydroponics and bioprospecting in microgravity …

LifeArc pairs with Euro partner to improve respiratory disease outcomes

Added: 17 Dec 2022

Life science charity LifeArc has embarked on a three year partnership with the European Multicentre…

UK poised to be world-leading lab-grown meat producer, claims patent firm

Added: 17 Dec 2022

The United Kingdom is on course to play a major international role in the development of lab-grown …

Liverpool industry and academia join forces with new solution to fight hospital infections

Added: 17 Dec 2022

Antimicrobial coatings will be installed on a trial basis for touchscreens and door handles in the …

Birmingham Uni institute’s Arlt to be new MRC London Institute Director

Added: 27 Nov 2022

Award-winning clinical endocrinologist Professor Wiebke Arlt will be the new Director of the Medica…

Start-up raises £0.5 million-plus towards hard tumour immunotherapy goal

Added: 27 Nov 2022

Start-up Neobe Therapeutics has raised £520K towards financing its endeavours to reduce barriers to…

Imaging breakthrough may provide ASD diagnosis biomarker

Added: 27 Nov 2022

Scientists at Yale University say they have identified a possible biomarker for autism spectrum dis…

Data explosion threatens Catch 22 for pathogen research

Added: 20 Nov 2022

Science’s efforts to tackle the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is being hampered by th…

Kent Uni lab aims to tackle footballer cardiac threat

Added: 20 Nov 2022

The University of Kent claims it has achieved a first for UK labs by directly imaging at photomicro…

Biotech innovators honoured at OBN 2022

Added: 20 Nov 2022

Rising stars of the biotech world were once again thrown in the spotlight at the annual OBN awards …

Swiss-UK deal eases EU Horizon disappointments

Added: 14 Nov 2022

Britain and Switzerland have sealed an agreement for collaboration on research and innovation proje…

Health data project appeals for 5 million UK volunteers

Added: 7 Nov 2022

Five million UK adults are being invited to participate in one of the largest and most ambitious he…

Database of 4 million race starts enables major study of Thoroughbred sudden death

Added: 31 Oct 2022

The first study ever made on a large scale of sudden death in Thoroughbred race horses has suggeste…

The most detailed analysis of the human genome has been published by scientists

Global initiative aims to identify disease-linked genome variations

Added: 31 Oct 2022

A newly formed international collaborative science project created with the aim of identifying vari…

Nikon Small World hands awards first place to photogenic gecko image

Added: 16 Oct 2022

The three millimetre hand of a lizard embryo captured on camera in incredible detail has won first …

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Online games and brain stimulation offers hope for combating working memory decline

Added: 16 Oct 2022

Tailored online games combined with a form of brain stimulation appear to show significant results …

US senators ask for comprehensive rubber turf study

Professional rugby players may have greater neurodegenerative disease risk, suggests research

Added: 9 Oct 2022

Former international rugby players included in a recent health study showed risks of neurodegenerat…

Ukraine conflict leaves a hole in clinical trials enrolment in region

Added: 9 Oct 2022

Clinical trials in Ukraine and Russia have plunged by around 50% during 2022, according to the late…