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Brain power

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.

Test kits help determine DNA types in meat species

Food fraud innovators wanted

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Research body Fera Science is urging academics, research firms and small and medium sized enterpris…

Nuclear pores

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 prototype chip

MIT chip harvests IoT potential

Added: 23 Jun 2015

An ultralow-power circuit developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…

Light bulb

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 …

David Cameron

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…

Industry 4.0

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

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 synchrotron facility

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 Bacteria

Salmonella kills cancer cells

Added: 14 Apr 2015

Genetically engineered salmonella has been shown to kill cancer cells in laboratory tests, accordin…

Antibiotics

Technique battles antimicrobial resistance

Added: 8 Apr 2015

Researchers at the University of Exeter have shown that the use of sequential antibiotic treatments…

Colourised cell on nanoneedles

Nanoneedles generate new blood vessels

Added: 30 Mar 2015

Scientists from Imperial College London (ICL) and Houston Methodist Research Institute (HMRI), US h…

David Cameron

PM announces degree apprenticeships

Added: 12 Mar 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to rollout nine freely available degree apprentice…

EPSRC conference debate

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…

Atom

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…

The most detailed analysis of the human genome has been published by scientists

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…

Dyes

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…

The 3-D bio-printing equipment can prepare all kind of scaffolds for tissue defect repair.

Engineers create artificial blood vessels

Added: 4 Feb 2015

Engineers at Shanghai University’s Rapid Manufacturing Engineering Center (RMEC) have created synth…

Nikon Metrology 225/450kV X-ray scanner

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…