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Computational design enables uni duo’s materials science breakthrough
Added: 28 May 2024
A joint research team from two UK universities has employed computational design to develop new met…

UK-Swiss project harnesses tech to lower cell and gene therapies cost
Added: 20 May 2024
Innovation agencies in the UK and Switzerland have together invested more than three quarters of a …

University of Bath aids £13.75 million chemical carbon project
Added: 20 May 2024
The University of Bath, a leader in the development of sustainable technology, is taking part in a …

Plummeting SME financing threatens UK llfe science, warns report
Added: 13 May 2024
SME financing for the UK medicines pipeline plunged 43% between 2020 and 2022, suggests the Medicin…

‘Citizen army’ sought to assess Scotland’s mosquito threat
Added: 13 May 2024
Citizen scientists are being recruited to help a collaborative project led by an alliance of academ…

Fewer than one in three experts prepared for AI challenge, suggests Pistoia
Added: 13 May 2024
Less than one third of life science experts polled in a Pistoia Alliance survey say they are coping…

Nanotech provides Nelson with an edge over two old opponents
Added: 6 May 2024
Sophisticated nanotechnology is being employed to protect the legacy of Britain’s most famous admir…

Human placenta map offers hope against pregnancy threats
Added: 6 May 2024
Pregnancy safe therapies for deadly diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria could be b…

Innovate UK grants £1million to gene therapy trio
Added: 6 May 2024
Innovate UK has awarded a grant of more than £1 million to a trio of organisations working together…

Cell conversion technique ‘offers boost for personalised treatments’
Added: 28 Apr 2024
Prospects for personalised treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could have been boost…

‘Moon lander’ molecule caught on the move
Added: 28 Apr 2024
A combination of spectroscopy and computer simulations have revealed how pyramidal molecules are ab…

Birmingham’s triage seeks way round drug discovery’s ‘valley of death’
Added: 21 Apr 2024
Birmingham university has shared details of its drug development model, designed to overcome one of…

Scottish testing centre prepares for pioneering Alzheimer’s role
Added: 21 Apr 2024
The University of St Andrews is on course to launch Scotland’s first blood tests for early stage Al…
Inventors claim new microscope offers major advance for spintronics
Added: 21 Apr 2024
Developers responsible for a new microscope say its improved technology enables the instrument to v…

‘Heartphone’ tracker could revolutionise disease prevention
Added: 14 Apr 2024
The popularity of the smartphone could provide significant advances in the rate of detection of hea…

Traditional Japanese artistry inspires materials science breakthrough
Added: 14 Apr 2024
Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have introduced a new method f…

Science mourns Nobel physicist Higgs
Added: 14 Apr 2024
Tributes been made worldwide to Peter Higgs, the Nobel-winning physicist who gave his name to the H…

Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding
Added: 7 Apr 2024
The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at i…
Report warns of crisis as Europe’s generic medicines reduced
Added: 7 Apr 2024
A recently published study that Europe faces a crisis stemming from a substantial decline in the av…

Study links inbreeding and pregnancy loss in horses
Added: 7 Apr 2024
Mid and late term pregnancy loss among thoroughbred horses appears to correlate significantly with …