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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 …

Uni receives quarter million lab funding despite widespread NSF cuts

Added: 12 Oct 2025

America’s Hawai’i Pacific University (HPU) has received a two year grant of nearly US$243,780 for r…

Immunology, quantum and MOF dominate Nobel Prizes for science

Added: 9 Oct 2025

Nine new Nobel Prize laureates have shared the three award categories for physiology/medicine, phys…

Durham takes quality control ITERations to a new level

Added: 14 Sep 2025

One of the biggest quality checks ever attempted on superconducting materials has been completed by…

Graphite innovation for nuclear sector wins £13 million

Added: 16 Aug 2025

A scheme to support Britain’s nuclear industry through the development of sustainable graphite supp…

Sophisticated techniques boost green chemistry credentials

Added: 2 Aug 2025

Structural flaws in certain electricity-conducting plastics may be responsible for limiting the mat…

Hair’s breadth ‘chapel on a chip’ demonstrates wonders of laser manufacturing

Added: 6 Jul 2025

Sorbonne university’s Chapel of Saint Ursula has been a Parisian landmark for nearly four centuries…

Miele Professional launches glass washers to cater for all laboratory needs

Added: 27 Jun 2025

Miele Professional, a global leader in premium commercial appliances, has announced the launch of i…

Trials start on Bath pillow for safer bed transfers

Added: 10 Jun 2025

A new product co-developed by university academics and their local hospital trust could reduce the …

Shall I compare thee to soft robotics…?

Added: 7 May 2025

A scientific revelation regarding rose petals has been hailed by its discoverers as a potential bre…

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…

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Reversible composite adhesives offer new possibilities in material science

Added: 14 Mar 2025

Researchers have created reversible composite adhesives using molecular entanglement, enabling enha…

Demand for EU critical chemicals law to ensure production of key molecules

Added: 13 Mar 2025

The EU must take action to protect production of nearly 20 key molecules deemed vital to industrial…

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Second Innovate UK regulatory science initiative: £4.7 million for 11 projects

Added: 22 Feb 2025

Innovate UK has announced a second multimillion pound initiative in less than a month, to develop r…

Bath seeks cleaner, greener water option

Added: 15 Feb 2025

Chemical engineers at the University of Bath have claimed a world first with the creation of a sust…

Mummies’ odour is a bouquet, not a curse

Added: 14 Feb 2025

They might be the stuff of horror movies but Egyptian mummies seem to have lasted the course where …

Liverpool team’s novel material promises boost to IoT storage capabilities

Added: 29 Jan 2025

University of Liverpool scientists have developed a novel material they claim may enable internet o…

Composite product offers hope for neurodegenerative conditions, claim developers

Added: 13 Jan 2025

A novel composite material created by two UK universities has the potential to provide new treatmen…

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…