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Ri receives boosts for outreach and environmental overhaul

Added: 20 Jul 2025

Urenco is to support the Royal Institution (Ri) in its efforts to expand its Young Scientist Centre…

Plant peacemaker’s segregation keeps ant wars at bay

Added: 19 Jul 2025

Plants from the Pacific based genus Squamellaria which have adapted to encourage the presence of an…

Study suggests older male endurance athletes have greater heart rhythm risk

Added: 18 Jul 2025

Older male endurance athletes may be at higher risk of abnormal heart rhythms, according to a study…

Shopping mall technicians ‘offer solution to NHS eye appointments bottleneck’

Added: 14 Jul 2025

Technician staffed virtual eye clinics in shopping centres can help significantly reduce serious ap…

Eppendorf young investigators award recognises neuron-tumour expert

Added: 14 Jul 2025

This year’s Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators has gone to an expert in neuron-tumour…

Reviewer pinpoints Top 10 howlers to avoid for science publishing success

Added: 6 Jul 2025

Researchers concerned that their science journal submissions could be rejected on account of inaccu…

Hair’s breadth ‘chapel on a chip’ demonstrates wonders of laser manufacturing

Added: 6 Jul 2025

Sorbonne university’s Chapel of Saint Ursula has been a Parisian landmark for nearly four centuries…

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…

New body seeks to counter Russell Group research dominance

Added: 29 Jun 2025

Secretary of state for science, innovation and technology Peter Kyle has welcomed the creation of a…

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…

Birmingham four win RSC research prizes

Added: 29 Jun 2025

The University of Birmingham is celebrating Royal Society of Chemistry research prize wins for four…

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…

Miele Professional launches glass washers to cater for all laboratory needs

Added: 27 Jun 2025

Miele Professional, a global leader in premium commercial appliances, has announced the launch of i…

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 …

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…

Trials start on Bath pillow for safer bed transfers

Added: 10 Jun 2025

A new product co-developed by university academics and their local hospital trust could reduce the …

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…

Mass collaboration produces benchmark recommendations for oxylipin studies

Added: 4 Jun 2025

An international collaboration involving 100 individuals from more than 70 academic institutions ha…

Innovation centre invests in algae to tackle minewater contaminants

Added: 1 Jun 2025

Synthetic biology hub SynbiCITE has awarded grant funding to aid a firm’s research into the use of …