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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…
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…
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 …
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…
Trials tackle if menstrual cycle contributes to women’s soccer injury
Added: 5 May 2025
Football governing body FIFA is funding Kingston University to research whether the menstrual cycle…
Royal Marsden claims first with online daily adaptive radiotherapy treatment
Added: 5 May 2025
London’s Royal Marsden Hospital is claiming a medical first for a radiotherapy planning system that…
NCUB: university-business R&D funding focused on too few institutions
Added: 28 Apr 2025
The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) has warned that R&D investment is over rel…
Genetic study suggests possible means to identify drug resistant epilepsy
Added: 21 Apr 2025
Identifiying ‘genetic signatures’ could enable medical experts to determine which epilepsy sufferer…
NCUB praises public R&D investment, calls for more
Added: 9 Apr 2025
The National Centre for Universities and Businesses has applauded increases in state R&D investment…
Pirbright vows inaugural lab biosciences conference will become annual fixture
Added: 3 Apr 2025
The Pirbright Institute says that the success of its first UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference…
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…
Transplanted microbiota offers hope in fight against cotton disease threat
Added: 18 Mar 2025
A disease that has devastated cotton crops worldwide is being tackled by a novel method of plant tr…
Space scientist Aderin-Pocock to present bicentenary Ri Christmas Lectures
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Space scientist and broadcaster Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will present this year’s Royal Institutio…
