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Northumbria-led global polar team reveals shocking rise in ice sheet depletion
Added: 23 Apr 2023
The last decade saw seven of the worst cases of polar ice depletion, with 2019 ranked the most seri…
#CHEMUK 2023: CIA’s Innovation chief Lancaster is our keynote speaker
Added: 21 Apr 2023
Chemical Industries Association (CIA) Head of Events and Innovation Mike Lancaster has been reveale…
Wearable tech enhances potential for friends-based mental health support
Added: 15 Apr 2023
Wearable tech that shares data between small circles of close friends and relations could provide a…
Fragrance industry scents trouble from EU substance reclassification
Added: 15 Apr 2023
European Union changes to chemicals legislation are a potential threat to the substantial fragrance…
Bristol team help boost Chornobyl radiation monitoring
Added: 3 Apr 2023
Researchers from the University of Bristol will be part of the international team seeking to repair…
US space science's $3 million lift-off for school STEM booster
Added: 3 Apr 2023
NASA has allocated more than $3 million (£2.42 million) to a number of higher education colleges ac…
Royal Assent opens door to gene edited food in UK
Added: 29 Mar 2023
The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened…
‘Ramp up diagnostic techniques or risk Avian flu spill-over’
Added: 26 Mar 2023
The co-founder of healthtech company Pictura Bio says the UK’s diagnostic testing capacity is not s…
World University rankings hat trick for Royal Veterinary College
Added: 22 Mar 2023
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has scored a hat trick of three consecutive first place entries …
Bids process to share in £3 million Cystic Fibrosis funds opens
Added: 20 Mar 2023
Applications are invited for a share of £3 million investment to accelerate the development of new …
Life sciences' relief over SVB UK rescue but fears remain
Added: 13 Mar 2023
Ailing Silicon Valley Bank’s British arm has been acquired by HSBC in an eleventh hour deal that ha…
Putin invasion has seen loss of two out of three clinical investigator sites in Ukraine and Russia
Added: 12 Mar 2023
The number of recruiting clinical investigator sites in the countries most impacted by the invasion…
Birmingham obesity research could herald novel therapy
Added: 12 Mar 2023
The PEPITEM immunopeptide could help combat the risk of obesity-related diseases including type 2 d…
Kind to animals, kind to plants… lab’s ethical fragrance
Added: 5 Mar 2023
Scientists funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) have turned parfumiers…
Northern Ireland deal appears to boost UK’s Horizon Europe hopes
Added: 1 Mar 2023
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s achievement of an agreed new Northern Ireland protocol with his Europe…
Treasury opts for stealth to ‘announce’ takeback of £1.6 bill EU Horizon funds
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Some £1.6 billion in funds allocated for scientific research has been taken back by the Treasury.
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First female Chief Scientific Adviser Dame Angela set to assume role in weeks
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Newly-appointed Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) Professor Dame Angela McLean will take o…
Replicating viruses work together to thwart opponents
Added: 19 Feb 2023
New research into the cooperative and competitive behaviour of viruses in the human body could help…
Southampton University’s featherweight plans knockout blow for space debris
Added: 15 Feb 2023
Southampton University researchers have successfully piloted the launch of a small scale plasma thr…
UEA survey seeks to improve disabled access to lab professions
Added: 14 Feb 2023
University of East Anglia researchers are appealing to participants nationwide to contribute to the…
