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Measurement science goes back to nature for landmark change
Added: 14 Nov 2018
As expected, more than 60 leading scientists attending the General Conference on Weights and Measur…
Brexit a growing influence on UK firms’ decision to delay investment increases
Added: 1 Oct 2018
The UK’s low productivity performance is likely to dip further as British businesses withhold inves…
Connect scoops best cleanroom of the year award
Added: 29 May 2018
Connnect 2 Cleanrooms has won the 2018 Cleanroom Technology Conference’s Best Cleanroom Facility aw…
Construction starts on Queen Mary University's 'Neuron Pod'
Added: 16 May 2018
Construction has begun on ‘Neuron Pod’ – a 23-metre long free-standing structure which will be used…
Multi-million refurb for Parker Bioscience UK site
Added: 16 May 2018
Parker Bioscience’s UK site in Birtley is set for a multi-million dollar phased investment programm…
EnviroChemie purchases Clearfleau
Added: 4 Apr 2018
German water brand EnviroChemie has taken control leading UK effluent treatment firm Clearfleau.
Engineering body funding for Liverpool University research tops £3 million
Added: 27 Mar 2018
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded the University of Liverp…
UK pharma and biotech patent applications soar
Added: 13 Mar 2018
UK applications for pharmaceutical and biotech patents recorded the second highest rise in percenta…
Bacteria used to block dengue and Zika
Added: 8 Mar 2018
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika …
Wood handed contract to bring space tech to nuclear decommissioning
Added: 20 Feb 2018
The Government has awarded energy services firm Wood Group funding worth around £1.5 million to mak…
EPSRC awards Huddersfield University £1.5m to expand materials research
Added: 20 Feb 2018
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded the University of Hudder…
Chemistry failing in battle for STEM recruits warns industry survey
Added: 15 Feb 2018
Shortcomings in academic teaching are making it harder to recruit STEM students as professional che…
Engineering and science bodies create joint benchmark on diversity
Added: 8 Feb 2018
More than 40 engineering scientific bodies have combined to pool data on their performances in prom…
Boom year for UK life science investment
Added: 8 Feb 2018
An analysis of investment in life sciences in European capital cities has shown London raised the m…
HEFCE money to enable Southampton to share UK photonics skills
Added: 25 Jan 2018
Southampton university has received £0.2 million from the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) …
China assumes lead in science and tech research paper output
Added: 25 Jan 2018
China has overtaken the USA as the world’s leading producer of scientific and technological researc…
The value of medical research is: 25 pence (for every pound, for ever)
Added: 17 Jan 2018
A decade-long study by Brunel University claims to have an answer to the question that has taxed ac…
BBI’s purchase of Maine Biotechnology Services adds 80 antibodies to portfolio
Added: 17 Jan 2018
Cardiff-based BBI Solutions has added more than 80 antibodies to its product portfolio following th…
Pfizer cuts neuroscience research into Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
Added: 11 Jan 2018
Drug giant Pfizer’s announcement that it will withdraw from neuroscience research into products aim…
Coking-resistant catalyst fuels shale gas conversion method
Added: 5 Jan 2018
Researchers at University College London (UCL) and Tufts University have developed an alloy catalys…
