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Fracking fluid an 'outstanding achievement'

Non-toxic fracking fluid scoops award

Added: 12 Nov 2015

An energy-saving, non-toxic hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid was declared the overall winner a…

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Amec Foster inks graphene deal

Added: 10 Nov 2015

Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed the preferred engineering partner to Applied Graphene Materi…

Intertek scientist

Access to research 'could be better'

Added: 2 Nov 2015

Business access to scientific research could be improved, according to one industry report.

Technique paves way for graphene printing

Graphene printing gets speed boost

Added: 28 Oct 2015

A team of chemical engineers from Cambridge University has developed a method for printing electron…

Graduates

STEM graduates causing concern

Added: 22 Oct 2015

The majority of employers in the UK are unsatisfied with graduates, a new report suggests.

Linde gas plant

Linde opens pilot synthesis gas plant

Added: 19 Oct 2015

Linde has invested €5 million (£3.7 million) in a new plant that will produce low-emission synthesi…

Algae

Algae-power under the microscope

Added: 16 Oct 2015

A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …

NEXUSS

Environmental training receives £2.5m boost

Added: 14 Oct 2015

The University of Southampton is to share in £2.5 million funding to train the environmental scient…

Kerry food hub

Kerry opens food innovation hub

Added: 6 Oct 2015

Kerry Group has opened a €100m (£74m) global technology and innovation centre in Ireland.

Beth Thomas 23 Reactor Chemistry Engineer at EDF Energy

Girls 'not smart enough' for science

Added: 1 Oct 2015

Almost a third (32%) of girls aged 11-16 do not think they are clever enough to become scientists, …

Amazon UK

Amazon UK to supply industry and labs

Added: 22 Sep 2015

Amazon today launched an online industrial and scientific supply store in the UK, which it says wil…

GSK

GSK teams up with Siemens

Added: 18 Sep 2015

Siemens has signed a global deal with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to supply automation equipment and serv…

Pharma

Skills support impacting SMEs

Added: 15 Sep 2015

Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are building a competitive advantage through training and …

Navdeep Singh Dhillon

Breakthrough in plant efficiency

Added: 10 Sep 2015

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revealed new analysis that coul…

Batteries

Materials boost for energy storage

Added: 1 Sep 2015

Funding to develop advanced materials for future energy storage technologies has been announced.

Water

Ultraviolet rig zaps water utility bug

Added: 24 Aug 2015

United Utilities has deployed ultraviolet rigs to help kill off the final traces of a bug affecting…

omron

FSA funds food innovation

Added: 19 Aug 2015

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is handing out new funding for research into a range of topics f…

Sewer plant

Wastewater process cleans up C02

Added: 13 Aug 2015

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a wastewater treatment process that …

Pharma pillls drugs medicine

UK pharma boasts export boom

Added: 10 Aug 2015

The UK pharmaceuticals industry has continued to exhibit solid export growth this year, a new surve…

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Graphene given recycling boost

Added: 10 Aug 2015

Engineers at the Graphene Flagship have demonstrated a recyclable technique that yields cost-effect…