Pioneering pneumonia test for NHS intensive care patients
A pioneering rapid pneumonia test for critically ill patients is now being deployed successfully in the UK. The Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia test, or ‘VAP’ test, enables...
Health and medical
Rapid DNA sequencing breakthrough wins top UK innovation prize
The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced Oxford Nanopore Technologies as the winner of the 2026 MacRobert Award, the longest running and most prestigious prize...
Smart wound dressing speeds up healing
Smart wound dressing speeds up healing by triggering body's own repair signals. A bioinspired material, developed by scientists at Imperial College London, accelerates wound healing...
British-Irish Scientist wins major award for effective malaria vaccine
The European Patent Office (EPO) has awarded Irish-British scientist Sir Adrian Hill the European Inventor Award 2026 in the Research category for developing the R21/Matrix-M...
2026 QE Prize
Neural interface pioneers win 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. The 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering honours nine engineers whose pioneering work on modern...
A video game to learn medicine
Innov'Nation, the i24NEWS program hosted by Lynn Plagmeijer, spotlighted the cutting-edge technologies reshaping the video game industry, far beyond entertainment. Among the innovations featured, Relevate...
