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Researcher wins £2million for quantum tech ‘spy’ system
Added: 15 Dec 2025
Heriot-Watt University researcher Dr Aldona Mzyk has been awarded £2 million to develop quantum sen…

Particology joins £8.2 mill medicines manufacture consortium
Added: 14 Dec 2025
Particle science contract research and development organisation Particology has been chosen to join…

UK’s nuclear material offers plentiful source for new cancer therapy
Added: 24 Nov 2025
Britain’s recycled nuclear material is to be used for the production of new precision cancer treatm…

Lab News in brief: seed funding, research citation, lead exposure, in vitro models
Added: 17 Nov 2025
University of Glasgow scientists suggest that a single gene is the biological mechanism responsible…

An alternative to conventional ovens and furnaces for your laboratory
Added: 10 Nov 2025
Conventional ovens and muffle furnaces are used daily in hundreds of laboratories for many differen…

Lab News in brief: CGT Catapult, PacBio, Isakson Prize, Hartwell, Exogene, Swansea Uni, Metir, Berry Genomics, diaago…
Added: 10 Nov 2025
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult’s annual report reveals last year it worked with 70 companies on adv…

The cure for problem nails: a whiff of rotten eggs…
Added: 9 Nov 2025
Scientists at the University of Bath and King’s College London (KCL) say they have come up with an …

AstraZeneca and Bia Analytical dominate Lab Awards 2025
Added: 3 Nov 2025
AstraZeneca dominated a hard fought contest for this year’s Lab Awards at Lab Innovations, winning …

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…

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…

Launch of three new microwave digestion systems
Added: 13 Oct 2025
Quality analysis with ICP-MS and AA/ICP-OES starts with good sample preparation and for this to be …

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…

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…

Molecule demonstrates success controlling Parkinson’s-associated protein behaviour
Added: 6 Oct 2025
A so-called peptide switch developed by university scientists could offer a means to prevent the bu…

Huntington’s result 'could boost' ALS/frontotemporal dementia therapy
Added: 26 Sep 2025
Recent clinical success in combatting the effects of Huntington’s disease could herald wider advanc…

Research identifies a culprit behind cancer immunotherapy failures
Added: 21 Sep 2025
A joint UK-Finland academic project has provided new evidence about a longstanding cancer treatment…

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…

Psychedelics compounds used to combat inflammatory conditions
Added: 7 Sep 2025
Birmingham researchers aim to establish whether psychedelic drugs can be harnessed to combat neurod…

Generative AI boost in battle against drug resistance
Added: 15 Aug 2025
Generative AI has enabled the creation of novel antibiotics capable of killing two highly drug resi…