Recycled glass diverted from landfill could find application as a partial soil substitute – helping plants not only to grow faster, but potentially also with fewer chemicals.
Investment in the UK’s life sciences and biotech sector enjoyed its best H1 in 2024 since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA). At £1.89bn, the H1 investment total also exceeded the total raised in the whole of 2023, 1.8bn.