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Manchester University develops multi-purpose biocompatible 2D inks
Added: 30 Jan 2017
A team of researchers at the University of Manchester has developed a low-cost method of producing …
Novo Nordisk funds Oxford’s £115 million diabetes research centre
Added: 30 Jan 2017
Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is to fund a £115 million diabetes research centre at Oxford un…
University fined £400k after caffeine experiment overdose
Added: 29 Jan 2017
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle has been fined £400,000 following a botched lab experime…
Process industry leaders applaud May industrial plan
Added: 23 Jan 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May’s 10 point plan for an overhaul of industrial strategy with a focus on s…
3D-printed smartphone microscope offers cost-effective DNA testing
Added: 22 Jan 2017
A team of researchers has created a 3D-printed smartphone microscope that could offer cost-effectiv…
Council bars product return before safety tests complete
Added: 20 Jan 2017
Manufacturer Errington Cheese has been told it must put on hold plans to put two of its products ba…
Engineers move a step closer to renewable diesel
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have genetically reprogrammed…
Report says demand for 142,000 new STEM posts spells jobs for the girls
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Nearly one in four of the 640,000-plus vacancies created in science, engineering and technology in …
Pumping iron could reduce risk of Type 2 diabetes
Added: 12 Jan 2017
Research by the University of British Columbia (UBC) suggests interval weight training can improve …
Urine test spells end to diet lies
Added: 11 Jan 2017
Scientists at three UK universities have invented a five minute urine test that can help doctors de…
Recycled CO2 method could lead to biofuel production
Added: 8 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of California have developed a new method of converting CO2 into carb…
Manchester Uni makes nuclear waste recycling leap
Added: 2 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) …
Next year’s Christmas presents could be mind-controlled
Added: 16 Dec 2016
The next generation of toys could be controlled with the mind and activated by the power of concent…
Pfizer fined £84.2m for drug price hike
Added: 7 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined pharmaceutical major Pfizer £84.2 million for…
Bristol uni develops nuclear battery ‘powered by waste’
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a nuclear-powered battery that uses nuclear w…
MIT creates long-term drug delivery capsule
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital hav…
New report questions value of merging NHS labs
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Independent research organisation MindMetre has questioned the benefits of consolidating pathology …
Manchester students scoop multiple awards for alcohol detection patch
Added: 24 Nov 2016
A team of students from the University of Manchester has been awarded a gold medal and the ‘Best Co…
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…
Researchers create ‘scalable’ 2D nanomaterials
Added: 22 Nov 2016
A team of scientists from UCL, the University of Bristol, Cambridge Graphene Centre and École Polyt…
