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Remote control drug delivery
Added: 16 Jul 2015
Researchers in the US have created a device that delivers drugs to the brain via remote control.
Food fraud innovators wanted
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Research body Fera Science is urging academics, research firms and small and medium sized enterpris…

High-tech microscope displays nuclear pores
Added: 26 Jun 2015
Researchers at the University of Zurich have used cryo-electron microscopes to display the pores in…

MIT chip harvests IoT potential
Added: 23 Jun 2015
An ultralow-power circuit developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…

Scientists claim 'world's thinnest graphene lightbulb'
Added: 15 Jun 2015
A team of scientists from the Columbia University School of Engineering, Seoul National University …

Vaccines network launched in UK
Added: 11 Jun 2015
The UK is set to develop a £20 million vaccines network in an effort to combat the outbreak of dead…
Internet of Things research hub for UK
Added: 2 Jun 2015
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has today opened a competition to de…

X-ray lens magnifies nanoworld
Added: 1 Jun 2015
Scientists at Germany’s renowned X-ray institute, DESY, have created a lens that produces sharper i…

ESRF initiates synchrotron upgrade
Added: 29 May 2015
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France has today unveiled plans to …

Engineers track exploding lithium-ion batteries
Added: 28 Apr 2015
A team of engineers led by University College London (UCL) has tracked what happens when lithium-io…

Salmonella kills cancer cells
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Genetically engineered salmonella has been shown to kill cancer cells in laboratory tests, accordin…

Technique battles antimicrobial resistance
Added: 8 Apr 2015
Researchers at the University of Exeter have shown that the use of sequential antibiotic treatments…

Nanoneedles generate new blood vessels
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Scientists from Imperial College London (ICL) and Houston Methodist Research Institute (HMRI), US h…

PM announces degree apprenticeships
Added: 12 Mar 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to rollout nine freely available degree apprentice…
Science funding 'needs to increase'
Added: 6 Mar 2015
The UK has been urged to increase its investment in science and engineering if it is to continue to…

Electron microscope pinpoints position of single atoms
Added: 19 Feb 2015
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has today unveiled a powerful electr…

Gene defect may explain cardiac death
Added: 17 Feb 2015
Researchers at the University of Oxford have made a chance discovery which could explain how a gene…

Food dyes to improve product quality
Added: 11 Feb 2015
A team of researchers at Rutgers University, US is investigating whether common food dyes could act…

Engineers create artificial blood vessels
Added: 4 Feb 2015
Engineers at Shanghai University’s Rapid Manufacturing Engineering Center (RMEC) have created synth…

X-ray project to enhance aircraft safety
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Engineers at the University of Southampton (UOS) and University College London (UCL) are developing…