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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…
Nuclear associations’ deal aims to foster greater US-UK exchange
Added: 19 Sep 2025
The UK’s Nuclear Institute and the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have signed an agreement to offer…
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…
Graphene ‘cleanroom’ raises the game for quantum research
Added: 24 Aug 2025
Scientists have created what they say is the cleanest graphene ever produced, possibly paving the w…
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…
Belgium’s universities start work on ‘new physics’ for CERN
Added: 4 Jun 2025
Belgian universities have begun work on updating one of the two particle physics detectors that for…
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 …
Sydney duo apply quantum tech to dynamic molecules
Added: 18 May 2025
Australia’s University of Sydney say they have performed a breakthrough simulation of how molecules…
UWS team’s radiation detector earmarked for leading world labs
Added: 13 Apr 2025
A novel radiation detector developed by staff at students at the University of the West of Scotland…
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…
Disappearing glaciers ‘now second largest contributor to sea level rise’
Added: 2 Mar 2025
Glacier loss in central Europe was nearly 40% during this century, suggests a study by Belgium’s Vr…
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…
Alga ‘superfood’ comes with scaling up challenges, say scientists
Added: 7 Feb 2025
A common freshwater species of algae packed with nutritional benefits could be the next agricultura…
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…
Hydrogen hub invests £3million in groundbreaking net zero projects
Added: 20 Jan 2025
Funding valued at £3 million is to be shared among 10 research projects that aim to develop technol…
Horizon based scheme invests €3.2 million in boosting Europe’s quantum research
Added: 13 Jan 2025
A four year project intended to boost Europe’s role in quantum research has secured €3.2 million fr…
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Added: 20 Dec 2024
Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…
New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge
Added: 8 Dec 2024
A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…
Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…
