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Vallance assumes key science ministerial role
Added: 7 Jul 2024
Former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has joined the newly elected Labour administra…
Smart clothes are the new cutting edge of physio tech
Added: 7 Jul 2024
Smart phones and watches may have met their match from a surprising source when it comes to trackin…
Government urged to put clinical signup on NHS app
Added: 7 Jul 2024
Labour must include a clinical trials option for patients as part of its commitment to extend the s…
Just one week to beat Lab Awards' 19 July deadline!
Added: 2 Jul 2024
The final opportunity to take part in the premier awards for the UK and Ireland’s laboratory profes…
No weekend City breaks with AI warns Harari
Added: 1 Jul 2024
‘Pulling the plug’ on AI development would be no more possible than preventing the emergence of oxy…
Six pioneers shortlisted for £350,000 AF Harvey prize
Added: 1 Jul 2024
Six leading international researchers have been shortlisted as nominees for the Institution of Engi…
New chemosensor offers chance for battery free remote lactic testing
Added: 24 Jun 2024
Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more ef…
Welcome for Euro IVD amendment
Added: 23 Jun 2024
EU action to avoid an impending compliance deadline for manufacturers causing a widespread shortage…
SME-university collaboration ‘backbone’ of UK growth, warns NCUB chief
Added: 23 Jun 2024
Partnerships between universities and SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) are the ‘backbone’ …
Machine learning offers means to raise accuracy of cancer analysis
Added: 11 Jun 2024
AI collaborators in Britain and the UK have developed a computer system that they say can spot canc…
New test could prevent major cause of sudden child deaths
Added: 11 Jun 2024
A new test designed to measure blood proteins could detect the presence of a serious heart conditio…
Seaweed-to-packaging spinout scoops £4million-plus private investment
Added: 9 Jun 2024
Bath university spinout Kelpi has secured £4.35 million in funding from a slew of City firms to lau…
Like humans, LLMs are irrational but in different ways
Added: 9 Jun 2024
A study of several of the best-known large language models appears to confirm that, like humans, th…
Light technology ‘may offer sustainable AMR solution’
Added: 9 Jun 2024
New technology pioneered by an Italian company working with University of Birmingham scientists cou…
Biobased building materials may be less sustainable than concrete, study suggests
Added: 3 Jun 2024
Mycelium composites made from fungi and agricultural residue, can have a bigger environmental impac…
Bruntwood scheme promises top level support to life science innovators
Added: 3 Jun 2024
Bruntwood SciTech has launched a new programme with significant government funding to provide suppo…
Data shows higher heart failure death risk for ethnic minorities
Added: 3 Jun 2024
Analysis of nearly 17,000 patients’ data reveals ethnic minority patients with heart failure have a…
Polystyrene recycling pioneers claim energy efficiency and cost effectiveness
Added: 28 May 2024
Creators of a new process claim that it has the potential to boost polystyrene recycling massively …
Global oncology trial investigator sites increased by half in five years, finds new Phesi analysis
Added: 28 May 2024
Global cancer trial investigator sites have increased 50% in just five years but led to a rise in t…
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…