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Innovation grant will boost development of oral Zika vaccine
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Thermo-stabilisation company Stabilitech has been awarded an innovation award to help it develop th…

Four engineers scoop £1m Queen’s prize for work on digital imaging sensors
Added: 5 Feb 2017
Four engineers have been awarded the 2017 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for their…

New report questions value of merging NHS labs
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Independent research organisation MindMetre has questioned the benefits of consolidating pathology …

Autumn Statement confirms major Whitehall investment in STEM
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Phillip Hammond has, as expected, delivered a raft of measures in his Autumn Statement d…

Trump win could unsettle European chemicals market, says Cefic
Added: 9 Nov 2016
Chemical businesses within the European Union face a short-term period of uncertainty following the…

Physics focus ‘can help’ food & drink manufacturing post-Brexit
Added: 26 Oct 2016
The president of the Institute of Physics (IOP) has said a focus on physics could help UK food and …

Renewed call for more women in engineering
Added: 11 Oct 2016
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) president Naomi Climer says getting more women invo…

Chemical SMEs called on to improve NHS care
Added: 23 Aug 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) h…

Brexit: Industry bodies call for ‘clear’ exit strategy
Added: 24 Jun 2016
A vote in favour of the UK withdrawing from the European Union has prompted industry trade bodies t…

Editor's comment: tackling the issue of female representation
| Added: 23 Jun 2016
Despite major efforts in recent years to dramatically increase numbers, just 6% of the UK’s registe…

Pharma & bio – the march of modernisation
| Added: 17 May 2016
Giants of the pharmaceutical industry are becoming more flexible as modern processes start to take …

Fracking ‘unlikely’ to contaminate water
Added: 29 Apr 2016
A study of the abandoned Selby coalfield in Yorkshire suggests fracking is unlikely to pose a pollu…

The small matter of nanomaterials safety
| Added: 21 Mar 2016
Nanomaterials have the potential to ignite, explode and cause serious damage to human health. There…

Common questions about Ion Chromatography
Cecil Instruments | Added: 20 Nov 2015
Laboratorytalk has teamed up with Cecil Instruments to produce a series of resources focusing on ke…