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Maths award adds up to nearly £2.8 mill for exchange research
Added: 30 Mar 2026
Two of Sweden’s leading institutions have donated the equivalent of £2.78 million to fund 16 mathem…
Infrastructure fails put science investments at risk, report authors warn
Added: 28 Mar 2026
The UK risks wasting billions in potential capital investments in science unless it improves the in…
Pistoia to publish guide to pharma firm social media listening
Added: 28 Mar 2026
The Pistoia Alliance is for the first time engaging health patients in its research, in order to ai…
Gut health issues ‘raise risk for heart failure patients’
Added: 13 Mar 2026
People with heart failure have 8% more chance of being hospitalised or dying if they also have poor…
Consultation measures support for fast track access to medical device imports
Added: 11 Mar 2026
Plans to speed up access to new healthcare devices by aligning regulation with the European Union a…
NMRC site provides first ‘terrestrial anchor’ for UK space manufacturing
Added: 4 Mar 2026
Work has finished on what will be the UK’s first in-space manufacturing hub, the new National Micro…
Ellison purchase swells Triangle’s lab space market but problems remain
Added: 1 Mar 2026
Oxfordshire, a key part of UK life sciences’ Golden Triangle region, had an annual take-up of lab s…
Cambridge funds revolutionary underground work
Added: 22 Feb 2026
Nature recovery programme Cumbria Connect has received funding from a key conservation group for it…
Phesi founder: digital twins offer potential for combatting rare diseases
Added: 21 Feb 2026
Digital twins are offering new therapeutic possibilities for diseases where the number of sufferers…
Crick Institute’s Swanton wins US$1mill Sjöberg Prize
Added: 15 Feb 2026
One of oncology research’s largest awards worldwide, the annual Sjöberg Prize, has been awarded thi…
Our new edition: PhDs, biosimilars, Future Lab, ELN and more…
Added: 14 Feb 2026
Is the PhD still a good investment for a STEM career? The new edition of Laboratory News offers a p…
‘Cultural mismatch’ mars university-investor R&D collaboration, says report
Added: 4 Feb 2026
Research funding in the UK is being hampered by a “cultural mismatch” between universities and inve…
Britain continues to dominate European biotech investment, says BIA
Added: 26 Jan 2026
The UK remained Europe’s leading national biotech market in 2025 throughout the year, accounting fo…
UK’s first AI-driven Level 3 lab launches first commercial project
Added: 18 Jan 2026
A joint British-Canadian initiative for infectious disease vaccines will be the first commercial pr…
Study links variants in single gene to incidences of dementia
Added: 11 Jan 2026
New research from UCL has identified variations in a single gene as an under-recognised target for …
New towns challenge Oxbridge supercluster domination
Added: 9 Jan 2026
Two of Britain’s post-war new towns are challenging Oxford and Cambridge’s domination of the countr…
Manchester investment to develop energy storage technology
Added: 22 Dec 2025
Manchester university will lead a collaborative project to pioneer technology for long-term energy …
Enthusiasm for UK’s Erasmus return leaves question over Turing scheme
Added: 18 Dec 2025
News that the UK has agreed terms with the European Union to rejoin the Erasmus+ research and study…
New MedTech quals will tackle science skills gap, vows minister
Added: 14 Dec 2025
New higher technical qualifications (HTQs) have been developed in order to boost skills in the fast…
Pistoia Alliance survey warns of ‘AI scientific content crisis’
Added: 8 Dec 2025
AI systems for scientific organisations are too often being built on incomplete or insufficiently t…
