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Bowden award for researcher’s bird standing studies

Added: 24 Jul 2025

Royal Veterinary College (RVC) PhD student Yuting Lin has been awarded the Ruth Bowden Award for he…

Study suggests older male endurance athletes have greater heart rhythm risk

Added: 21 Jul 2025

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

Plant peacemaker’s segregation keeps ant wars at bay

Added: 20 Jul 2025

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

Ri receives boosts for outreach and environmental overhaul

Added: 19 Jul 2025

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

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…

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…

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…

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…