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£115m biomedical research centre opens at Oxford University
Added: 18 May 2017
A £115 million research centre designed to help scientists understand diseases and develop new trea…
Reduced profit margins hampering antibiotics production
Added: 15 May 2017
Antibiotics used to treat common infections are becoming more difficult to access because they are …
‘This is not a time for fear’, says new IChemE president John McGagh
Added: 10 May 2017
John McGagh, who is currently chief digital officer at Australian power company Snowy Hydro, has be…
New device could improve biopharma manufacturing, research shows
Added: 10 May 2017
Researchers have developed a new device to more accurately predict which proteins could be used to …
Universities UK chief is new Royal Society of Biology president
Added: 10 May 2017
Universities UK head Julia Goodfellow has been appointed the new president of the Royal Society of …
New ABPI chief Anson names organisation's priorities for sector
Added: 8 May 2017
Lisa Anson, the newly appointed president of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry…
Training isn’t only way to increase endurance, new research shows
Added: 3 May 2017
New research published in the journal Cell Metabolism reveals training is just one way athletes cou…
FDF manifesto outlines five key policies next government should implement
Added: 3 May 2017
The Food and Drink Federation has launched its 2017 manifesto, which outlines five key policies it …
European chemical sector records mixed fortunes in first quarter
Added: 25 Apr 2017
The European chemical sector has seen production output increase in certain subsectors, yet fall in…
Materials regulation could bring £4bn benefit to UK, says study
Added: 24 Apr 2017
Modernising composite materials regulations could bring more than £4 billion worth of benefit to th…
General election: ABPI urges new government to be ‘decisive’
Added: 18 Apr 2017
Following Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to call a general election for 8 June, the Associat…
Food manufacturer Moy Park fined £200k for engineer laceration
Added: 17 Apr 2017
Food manufacturer Moy Park has been fined £200,000 following an incident in which an engineer suffe…
Fracking ‘not compatible’ with 'preference' for renewable energy, study finds
Added: 11 Apr 2017
Research conducted by Cardiff University suggests fracking is ‘not compatible’ with public preferen…
Manchester breakthrough turns seawater into drinking water
Added: 3 Apr 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have created a graphene-oxide membrane designed to turn…
Article 50: Chemical bodies call for ‘certainty’ as Brexit negotiations begin
Added: 29 Mar 2017
Cefic and the Chemical Industry Association have called for pragmatism ahead of Brexit negotiations…
EPSRC invests £4.7m in self-healing materials
Added: 20 Mar 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.7 million in the dev…
Cambridge scientists produce clean hydrogen from biomass
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Scientists at the University of Cambridge claim to have developed a method that uses nanoparticles …
EPSRC invests £4.6m in nuclear robot development
Added: 28 Feb 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.6 million in the dev…
‘Invisibility cloak’ material bends and shapes sound
Added: 27 Feb 2017
Scientists at the universities of Bristol and Sussex have created a metamaterial that bends, shapes…
Engineering graduate shortfall hits 20,000 per year
Added: 20 Feb 2017
A report by EngineeringUK suggests the demand for graduates far outstrips supply, meaning there is …
