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Molecule demonstrates success controlling Parkinson’s-associated protein behaviour

Added: 6 Oct 2025

A so-called peptide switch developed by university scientists could offer a means to prevent the bu…

Laboratory News new issue: is science publishing too obsessed with citation?

Added: 6 Oct 2025

Science publishing has become too focused on achieving citations at the expense of advancing knowle…

UK’s rarest reptile takes firmer hold in Devon

Added: 29 Sep 2025

Conservation efforts to save Britain’s rarest native reptile have resulted in a 25% year on year in…

Scaffolding cells could be key to targeting diseases, says study

Added: 28 Sep 2025

Fibroblasts which produce proteins vital to the framework for the body’s cells and tissues could pr…

Huntington’s result 'could boost' ALS/frontotemporal dementia therapy

Added: 26 Sep 2025

Recent clinical success in combatting the effects of Huntington’s disease could herald wider advanc…

Research identifies a culprit behind cancer immunotherapy failures

Added: 21 Sep 2025

A joint UK-Finland academic project has provided new evidence about a longstanding cancer treatment…

Oxford’s example ‘could generate massive boost to regional spin-outs’

Added: 20 Sep 2025

An extra £15 billion in funding for UK university spin-outs over the next decade could generate nea…

Nuclear associations’ deal aims to foster greater US-UK exchange 

Added: 19 Sep 2025

The UK’s Nuclear Institute and the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have signed an agreement to offer…

Phase 2 trials underway for new pneumococcal disease vaccine

Added: 15 Sep 2025

Trials are underway on a £3.2 million-funded new vaccine to tackle the presence pneumococcal diseas…

ABPI and NCUB: lack of competitiveness undermining UK life sciences

Added: 14 Sep 2025

Britain’s place as a global leader in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors has plunged in r…

Durham takes quality control ITERations to a new level

Added: 14 Sep 2025

One of the biggest quality checks ever attempted on superconducting materials has been completed by…

AI claims another job: robot choreographer

Added: 7 Sep 2025

Lab produced algorithms may have solved a key challenge for today’s automated factories and might f…

Psychedelics compounds used to combat inflammatory conditions

Added: 7 Sep 2025

Birmingham researchers aim to establish whether psychedelic drugs can be harnessed to combat neurod…

Spin-out’s £10 million aims to replace 10 billion single use plastic items

Added: 7 Sep 2025

Cambridge university spin-out Xampla has won investment worth millions to enable it to develop plan…

Chemical ‘LEGO’ hints at life’s origins

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Scientists have succeeded in linking amino acids with ribonucleic acid (RNA) to suggest how the pai…

Graphene ‘cleanroom’ raises the game for quantum research

Added: 24 Aug 2025

Scientists have created what they say is the cleanest graphene ever produced, possibly paving the w…

Hearing pioneer James Hudspeth dies aged 79

Added: 24 Aug 2025

A. James Hudspeth, the American neuroscientist credited with discovering how the inner ear translat…

Protein inhibitor offers potential to counter advance of brain tumours

Added: 24 Aug 2025

Drugs that prevent the body from clearing parts of brain cells damaged by cancer could help slow tu…

Graphite innovation for nuclear sector wins £13 million

Added: 16 Aug 2025

A scheme to support Britain’s nuclear industry through the development of sustainable graphite supp…

Phone tech to shine a light on Brazil’s pesticide problem

Added: 15 Aug 2025

Fluorescent light used in TV and mobile phone screens is being employed in a new capacity – as a pe…