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Phone tech to shine a light on Brazil’s pesticide problem

Added: 15 Aug 2025

Fluorescent light used in TV and mobile phone screens is being employed in a new capacity – as a pe…

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…

Weight loss and growth hormone patients could swap injections for pill suggests research

Added: 8 Aug 2025

Creators of a new technology say it could extend the number of therapies that can be administered v…

Kennedy axes US$0.5 billion mRNA vaccine investment

Added: 6 Aug 2025

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced his department will terminate 22 government c…

Liebherr launches new under-bench fridge and freezers for lab and healthcare providers

Added: 2 Aug 2025

Liebherr, specialists in commercial refrigeration, have introduced its new range of under-bench fri…

China, obesity and biologics to fuel drug sales growth, says Evaluate report

Added: 1 Aug 2025

China’s bioscience sector growth will be a key factor in the growth of global prescription drug sal…

Shopping mall technicians ‘offer solution to NHS eye appointments bottleneck’

Added: 14 Jul 2025

Technician staffed virtual eye clinics in shopping centres can help significantly reduce serious ap…

Eppendorf young investigators award recognises neuron-tumour expert

Added: 14 Jul 2025

This year’s Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators has gone to an expert in neuron-tumour…

UK leads in Europe for life science foreign investment projects

Added: 29 Jun 2025

The UK was Europe overall’s leading European destination for life sciences foreign direct investmen…

Birmingham four win RSC research prizes

Added: 29 Jun 2025

The University of Birmingham is celebrating Royal Society of Chemistry research prize wins for four…

Climate change is boosting soil-based pathogen development warns report

Added: 28 Jun 2025

Global warming is enhancing the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil microbes, wa…

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…

Glasgow team wins £0.4 million to harness cancer-fighting immune cells

Added: 10 Jun 2025

Nearly £0.4 million has been awarded to a University of Glasgow team researching the use of immune …

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 …

Study claims mRNA vaccines carry lower GBS risk

Added: 10 Jun 2025

A new international study claims that mRNA vaccines may be associated with a lower risk of developi…

Mass collaboration produces benchmark recommendations for oxylipin studies

Added: 4 Jun 2025

An international collaboration involving 100 individuals from more than 70 academic institutions ha…

Space science helps target medicine’s ‘final frontier’

Added: 29 May 2025

Space pioneers have joined an international effort to unravel the mechanisms behind what they descr…

Call for biomedical collaboration as ‘window of opportunity’ looms

Added: 23 May 2025

Biomedical and health research body the Academy of Medical Sciences has called upon industry, unive…

Nominations open for the 2025 Lab Awards

Added: 23 May 2025

The nominations process for this year’s Lab Awards has opened, with the winners to be announced at …

Researchers get to the heart of organ development

Added: 18 May 2025

Advanced microscopy has enabled researchers to capture in real time the formation of an animal hear…