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Global survey reveals trust in scientists maintained

Added: 27 Jan 2025

Results from a vast new global survey suggest that trust in scientists remains relatively high acro…

Breast cancer tops clinical studies for fourth year as overall trial attrition rates rise

Added: 21 Jan 2025

Breast cancer continues to be the world’s most studied disease in clinical trials, topping all cate…

Hydrogen hub invests £3million in groundbreaking net zero projects

Added: 20 Jan 2025

Funding valued at £3 million is to be shared among 10 research projects that aim to develop technol…

Horizon based scheme invests €3.2 million in boosting Europe’s quantum research

Added: 13 Jan 2025

A four year project intended to boost Europe’s role in quantum research has secured €3.2 million fr…

Strategy launched to futureproof UK role in materials innovation

Added: 13 Jan 2025

The long-awaited National Materials Innovation Strategy has launched with the claim that a committe…

Imperial’s smart heart reading T-shirt nets £340k

Added: 6 Jan 2025

Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable th…

Access your free copy of the Laboratory News Christmas issue…

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Scientist and presenter Dr Chris van Tulleken explains why eating is like an arms race as he prepar…

Sea-savvy tech provides longest ever study of destructive water currents

Added: 16 Dec 2024

Durham University scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in marine geoscience, using seabe…

Stick-on monitor offers cheap and precise warning system for critical conditions, say researchers

Added: 16 Dec 2024

A novel breathing monitor created by university and commercial partners is capable of providing a l…

New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge

Added: 8 Dec 2024

A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…

Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys

Added: 8 Dec 2024

Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…

Austria invests c€4 million in cognitive study of polarisation and misinformation

Added: 8 Dec 2024

Austria’s leading funding body for research is investing nearly €4 million in a multi-disciplinary …

LLMs’ neuroscience predictions leave the experts trailing

Added: 1 Dec 2024

They’ve long since proved their effectiveness in information retrieval. Now large language models h…

Cell detectives offer clues to counter rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups 

Added: 1 Dec 2024

The body’s ‘cell detectives’ could be employed as biomarkers for one of the world’s most widespread…

UK space sector growth promises benefits for lab R&D

Added: 1 Dec 2024

Lab innovation has helped enable the UK space sector’s expansion rate to outstrip the wider economy…

Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti

Added: 25 Nov 2024

UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…

Research suggests heart condition impacted by many rather than one single gene

Added: 25 Nov 2024

New research has called into question the nature of the genetic catalysts for a leading cause of he…

‘University cash crisis will impact future of R&D’ warning

Added: 17 Nov 2024

Reports that nearly three in four universities are facing deficits in the next financial year raise…

Lab News roundup: Honours, market reports, location moves, collaborations and research

Added: 14 Nov 2024

Diagnexia’s new histopathology laboratory in Oxford will have capacity to process 400,000 pathology…

NAMs offer means for UK lead in chemical testing, say Government advisors

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Britain should aim to establish itself as a global leader in testing by harnessing advanced technol…