Trials are underway on a £3.2 million-funded new vaccine to tackle the presence pneumococcal disease, a leading preventable cause of child deaths. Organised by the Infection Innovation Consortium ...

The scientists completed an estimated 13,000 individual measurements on behalf of the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) fusion energy experiment based in France. The team was ...

The recently published Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Pharmaceutical Competitiveness Framework claims the UK has lost out in investment in three key are ...

Cambridge university spin-out Xampla has won investment worth millions to enable it to develop plant-based polymers capable of replacing single-use plastics. Emerald Technology Ventures, BGF and ...

Ten years since the Swine Flu pandemic, the world is coming to terms with another rapidly spreading, potentially fatal respiratory viral infection. This time, the culprit is a coronavirus, but is it ...

From its humble beginnings as simple meat extract to the advanced science of diagnostic media, the agar plate has always been the workhorse of the microbiologist The origins of Oxoid’s culture media ...

Six leading international researchers have been shortlisted as nominees for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) prestigious &pou ...

The University of Bath-based UK Hub for Research Challenges in Hydrogen and Alternative Liquid Fuels (UK HyRES) is providing the money to the projects which address its key themes of hydrogen ...

Genetic screening is being employed to improve early treatment and detection of brain aneurysms. The ROAR (Risk Of Aneurysm Rupture) Study, already tracking 20,000 NHS patients, is claimed to be the ...

Drugs that prevent the body from clearing parts of brain cells damaged by cancer could help slow tumour progression, according to a new study.

Researchers in China said they have discovered a viable new source for one of industry’s most sought after natural commodities.

Creators of a new technology say it could extend the number of therapies that can be administered via pills rather than injections.