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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…
Demand for EU critical chemicals law to ensure production of key molecules
Added: 13 Mar 2025
The EU must take action to protect production of nearly 20 key molecules deemed vital to industrial…
Starlab survey reveals widespread laboratory cost cuts in major European economies
Added: 9 Mar 2025
Laboratory supplier Starlab Group has released a survey containing evidence of widespread cuts in s…
UK life science ‘needs 145k new hires by 2035 to maintain global lead’
Added: 9 Mar 2025
Biopharma and medical technology will drive a huge growth in demand for life sciences employees ove…
Uni teams share £1 million award for work to tackle dormant breast cancer
Added: 1 Mar 2025
Research teams from the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield will share £1 million to help unde…
Therapy licence enables ‘life changing’ treatment for genetic blindness
Added: 22 Feb 2025
UCL retinal specialists received special permission to use a novel therapy to restore some sight to…
