Treat school laboratories seriously, they’re the ultimate stress test environment for products and procedures and for shaping ...

A new agreement between the UK Government and commercial space company Vast has moved UK astronaut John McFall a step closer ...

Breaking up long periods of sitting with light physical activity could reduce the risk of cancer death, according to a study ...

Laboratory plastics recycling specialist LabCycle has secured £180,000 from the British Design Fund to support development of ...

Follow the news and there’s much confusion about keeping cool. Today’s summary on the BBC recommends drawing your curtains and staying indoors, but didn’t ...

Dr Bernice Wright pays tribute to some of the most impactful women in the life sciences, and the vital role they continue to play … Women have long shaped the course of life sciences; however, too ...

Researchers at the University of St Andrews and the University of Adelaide have developed an optical technique capable of detecting toxic methanol in alcoholic spirits without opening the bottle, ...

Wars, river pollution, retail… is there nothing drones can’t penetrate? Let’s get real, says Russ Swan. Two bits of news collided in my inbox this week. One revealed that a well-known online retailer ...

Engineers and cancer researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed an implantable photonic device designed to improve the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy for bladder cancer. The ...

More than 60% of life sciences laboratories are exploring or piloting artificial intelligence technologies, but only a small proportion have deployed AI agents into production environments, according ...

Often, laboratory errors originate before analysis starts. From collection and transfer to storage and environmental exposure, the preanalytical phase quietly determines whether a sample remains fit ...

Did you watch Clarkson’s Farm the other evening? That poor cow Pepper was culled after routine tuberculosis tests. Clarkson was furious, and the nation was up in arms, writes professor Brian J Ford.