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Clinical overhaul: the opportunities and challenges for would-be suppliers

May 25, 2026
The UK’s overhaul of clinical trial regulations is a potential boon for the medical technology industry but companies need to ensure their own digital adaptations are sufficient to provide them...

Ebola and the interplay of research incentives and finance

May 18, 2026
We all recognise this picture. It is the Ebola virus, of course. What you likely won’t realise is that it was taken 50 years ago, writes Brian J Ford. The...

Gatsby: a benchmark for STEM success

April 22, 2026
The Gatsby Foundation’s benchmarks are helping transform school careers guidance. Good news for STEM employers, says Rachel Bibby, who explains how they have shaped IChemE’s educational outreach work...

When plasma leaves the laboratory

April 13, 2026
The orbital laboratory is evolving into something more ambitious, a controlled industrial environment for producing next-generation materials, explains Ed Smith and Andrew Griffiths. For decades, crystalline research in space has been an invaluable...

London Lab Live: A capital investment

April 6, 2026
Launched last year as part of the Future Labs’ stable, the London show looks here to stay. One year on, the newcomer to the lab show ecosystem is making its...

IChemE chief heads inquiry into sector research

April 3, 2026
IChemE has launched an inquiry into the state of chemical engineering research in the UK, headed by its president Raffaella Ocone. The organisation said it would “examine the strength, direction...

From Injection to Ingestion: Can yeast make vaccines more accessible?

March 28, 2026
Vilnius University reports how its Life Sciences (VU LSC) Center and the U.S. National Cancer Institute are exploring yeast-based oral vaccines as a potential way to make immunisation more accessible, affordable,...

Gut health issues ‘raise risk for heart failure patients’

March 13, 2026
People with heart failure have 8% more chance of being hospitalised or dying if they also have poor gut health, says a study from the University of Leicester.

Consultation measures support for fast track access to medical device imports

March 11, 2026
Plans to speed up access to new healthcare devices by aligning regulation with the European Union and ‘comparable’ countries will be open to stakeholder consultation until early next month.

NMRC site provides first ‘terrestrial anchor’ for UK space manufacturing

March 4, 2026
Work has finished on what will be the UK’s first in-space manufacturing hub, the new National Microgravity Research Centre (NMRC) based in South Wales.

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