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Digital twins to link Metaverse to real-world decarbonisation towards NetZero
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Digital Twins are forecast to form the essential building blocks of a Metaverse which connects the …

New £1.5m unit to tackle racial inequalities in science
Added: 24 Mar 2022
The Royal Society of Chemistry has established a Race & Ethnicity Unit to break down barriers to eq…

UN debate on how to make science and technology more sustainable and inclusive
Added: 24 Mar 2022
A debate to discuss how science and technology can boost Covid-19 recovery is to be held in the UN.…

Rising costs and material shortages pile pressure on UK’s over-stretched laboratories
Added: 2 Mar 2022
A stark warning has been issued about the challenges facing under-pressure laboratories in the UK a…

Moving from 'Use by' to 'Best before' dates: participate in the project
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Many producers have elected to display 'Best before' in place of 'Use by' dates on fresh pasteurise…

Leadership pilot encourages progression for women in STEM
Added: 11 Feb 2022
To celebrate the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science the Pistoia Alliance has anno…

New Levelling Up white paper highlights research and innovation
Added: 8 Feb 2022
Academics and business experts respond to the Government’s new levelling up agenda, as outlined in …

BIA response to conclusion of NICE methods and processes review
Added: 31 Jan 2022
BioIndustry Association expert expresses disappointment in the scope of the conclusions draw by NIC…

Dementia cases ‘set to almost triple by 2050’
Added: 12 Jan 2022
Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, affecting around 57 million people worldw…

Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?
Added: 10 Jan 2022
While the global shift towards virtual events has clearly reduced the carbon footprint, it also rai…

Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds
Added: 6 Jan 2022
Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have infl…

2022 predictions on the advances in life sciences innovation
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Innovation experts recently hired specifically to study emerging tech and drive collaboration predi…

Balloon-driven hybrid mobile communications network launched in Zanzibar
Added: 2 Dec 2021
A unique balloon-driven hybrid mobile network is being launched in Zanzibar. Expected to deliver fu…

CERN environmental report sets out concrete actions to reduce its environmental footprint
Added: 25 Nov 2021
CERN released its second public Environment Report covering the years 2019-2020 when the accelerato…

World’s leading academic journals join pledge to fight bias in publishing
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Global giants Springer Nature, De Gruyter and Taylor & Francis join Wiley, Elsevier and SAGE Publis…

Unique partnership aims to help college graduates land quality jobs
Added: 3 Nov 2021
Loughborough College and Charnwood Campus Science, Innovation and Technology Park have forged a new…

Collaboration to launch Leading Laboratories Recognition Program to help elevate quality patient care
Added: 1 Nov 2021
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and The Joint Commission have established the Le…

Lab Innovations launches Lab Connect
Added: 6 Oct 2021
Lab Innovations has relaunched Lab Connect, an online networking portal to help exhibitors and visi…

Inclusion and diversity given greater prominence in RSC prize reforms
Added: 29 Sep 2021
Efforts to make science a more inclusive and diverse place to learn and work are to be given annual…

European Parliament votes in favour of EU plan to replace animal experiments with cutting-edge science
Added: 20 Sep 2021
The European Parliament has embraced an historic opportunity to take animal suffering out of the eq…