Neoteric UK: ScienceResearch breakthroughs and the lab-to-market pipeline.https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/en-gbMon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:02 GMTeditor@neotericuk.co.uk (Neoteric UK)editor@neotericuk.co.uk (Neoteric UK)Copyright 2026 Neoteric UK60https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/images/neotericuk-logo.pngNeoteric UK: Sciencehttps://www.neotericuk.co.uk/Why Most Drugs That Enter Clinical Trials Never Reach Patientshttps://www.neotericuk.co.uk/why-most-drugs-fail-clinical-trials/https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/why-most-drugs-fail-clinical-trials/Only a small fraction of medicines that start human testing ever make it to a pharmacy shelf, and understanding why reveals what clinical trials are really designed to catch.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:02 GMTNeoteric UKScienceWhen Carbon Dating Won't Work: The Other Ways Scientists Date the Pasthttps://www.neotericuk.co.uk/dating-methods-beyond-carbon-dating/https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/dating-methods-beyond-carbon-dating/Radiocarbon dating only covers a narrow slice of Earth's history and only works on certain materials, so scientists rely on a toolkit of other dating methods to fill the gaps.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:02 GMTNeoteric UKScienceHow Carbon Dating Works, and Where Its Limits Arehttps://www.neotericuk.co.uk/how-carbon-dating-works-and-its-limits/https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/how-carbon-dating-works-and-its-limits/Radiocarbon dating lets scientists put an age on ancient bones, wood and charcoal, but the method rests on assumptions that only hold within certain bounds.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:00:01 GMTNeoteric UKScienceWhat a Clinical Trial Phase Actually Tests, at Each Stagehttps://www.neotericuk.co.uk/what-a-clinical-trial-phase-actually-tests/https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/what-a-clinical-trial-phase-actually-tests/Before a new medicine reaches a pharmacy shelf it passes through a sequence of trials, each asking a different question, not just whether it works.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:02 GMTNeoteric UKScienceHow CRISPR edits a gene, and what base editing added to ithttps://www.neotericuk.co.uk/how-crispr-edits-a-gene-and-what-base-editing-added/https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/how-crispr-edits-a-gene-and-what-base-editing-added/CRISPR made gene editing fast and cheap by cutting DNA at a chosen spot; base editing found a way to change a single genetic letter without cutting at all.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:01 GMTNeoteric UKScienceFrom lab bench to shop shelf: how scientific discoveries become productshttps://www.neotericuk.co.uk/from-lab-bench-to-shop-shelf-how-scientific-discoveries-become-products/https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/from-lab-bench-to-shop-shelf-how-scientific-discoveries-become-products/Turning a laboratory breakthrough into something you can buy involves a long, uncertain journey through funding, engineering and regulation that most new technologies never complete.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:11:46 GMTNeoteric UKScienceWhat Synthetic Biology Is, and Where It Could Reshape Industryhttps://www.neotericuk.co.uk/what-synthetic-biology-is-and-where-it-could-reshape-industry/https://www.neotericuk.co.uk/what-synthetic-biology-is-and-where-it-could-reshape-industry/Synthetic biology treats living cells as programmable systems, and it is quietly moving from the laboratory into manufacturing, medicine and materials.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:11:46 GMTNeoteric UKScience