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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…

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…

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…

Parliament's senior committee claims UKRI lacks accountability

Added: 28 Jul 2025

Parliament’s senior select committee has called on government to impose tighter scrutiny on UK Rese…

UK universities’ international patent partnership filings top 100 a year

Added: 27 Jul 2025

UK universities and research institutions have filed an average of 100 patent applications with int…

Volunteers’ lichen finds give conservation boost to rare rainforest

Added: 6 Jul 2025

Citizen science volunteers have identified two rare lichens never before recorded in the north of E…

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…

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…

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 …

First UK-wide register of university spin-outs published

Added: 10 Jun 2025

The first national register has been published of the UK’s university spin-outs, providing comparat…

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…

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…

Tougher dependents’ rules blamed for drop in foreign student numbers

Added: 29 May 2025

New Office of National Statistics figures reveal a sharp fall in the number of international studen…

Ten year R&D budgets will encourage business to invest, says NCUB

Added: 24 May 2025

The Department of Science, innovation and Technology’s commitment to provide 10 year funding for re…

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 …

Peers warn maths teaching seen as ‘irrelevant’ in data-driven era

Added: 23 May 2025

UK maths education is failing to adapt to the AI and data-driven age, the chair of the House of Lor…

National curriculum ‘biggest threat to practical science in schools’ warns survey

Added: 18 May 2025

The demands of the national curriculum are the greatest obstacle to providing the hands-on lessons …

Lords urge UK to act now on visas in global fight for US STEM talent

Added: 7 May 2025

UK immigration laws leave the country in danger of missing out on a “massive opportunity” to benefi…

Mosquito project overwhelmed by swarm of willing citizen scientists

Added: 5 May 2025

Citizen scientists working with the University of Glasgow have amassed more than 700 reports over a…