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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…
Choosing an appropriate digestion process for your laboratory
Added: 13 Oct 2025
Quality analysis with ICP-MS and AA/ICP-OES starts with good sample preparation and for this to be …
UK science institutions ‘vulnerable’ to political interference, warns report
Added: 9 Oct 2025
Leading UK scientific institutions such as the Met Office and the UK Health Security Agency lack su…
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…
Laboratory News new issue: is science publishing too obsessed with citation?
Added: 6 Oct 2025
Science publishing has become too focused on achieving citations at the expense of advancing knowle…
Oxford’s example ‘could generate massive boost to regional spin-outs’
Added: 20 Sep 2025
An extra £15 billion in funding for UK university spin-outs over the next decade could generate nea…
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…
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…
Spin-out’s £10 million aims to replace 10 billion single use plastic items
Added: 7 Sep 2025
Cambridge university spin-out Xampla has won investment worth millions to enable it to develop plan…
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 …
