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FDA approves 3D-printed drug

Added: 5 Aug 2015

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broken ground by approving the manufacture of the wor…

New technology developed to diagnose cancer cells

Cell firm wins Catapult contract

Added: 3 Aug 2015

The Cell Therapy Catapult at Guy’s Hospital, London has awarded a manufacturing contract to special…

Metal flow

Metal flow 'boosts' manufacturing

Added: 28 Jul 2015

Researchers at Purdue University, US have discovered a new type of metal deformation and a way to s…

Experts discover stem cell 'first aid kit'

Novel workflow provides cellular insight

Added: 22 Jul 2015

A team of researchers at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) and Jagiellonian University has revealed…

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Study to perfect proton therapy

Added: 20 Jul 2015

A team of researchers based at the University of Birmingham (UOB) is conducting research to create …

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.

Scream roughness

Experts unlock the science of screams

Added: 16 Jul 2015

A team of researchers has identified a property that gives human screams their fear-inducing qualit…

Apple

3D printing to revolutionise food industry

Added: 14 Jul 2015

The use of 3D printers will radically change how and where food can be manufactured, academic sugge…

LHCb magnet

New particle discovered at Hadron Collider

Added: 14 Jul 2015

Scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have announced the discovery of a new class of par…

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Cannabis team makes further breakthrough

Added: 9 Jul 2015

A research team at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has managed to separate the medical benefits…

Scientists

Ageing workforce affecting science

Added: 9 Jul 2015

There is an imbalance in the age groups of UK science sector employees, according to figures compil…

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

Genomics is 'big data beast'

Added: 7 Jul 2015

The field of genomics has been dubbed “the alpha beast in the big data forest” by a group of expert…

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Experts perfect ambient bioprinting

Added: 3 Jul 2015

A team of researchers at the University of Nottingham has bioprinted a ’play dough-like’ material c…

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)…

Biofuel

Manchester makes biofuel breakthrough

Added: 22 Jun 2015

Scientists at the University of Manchester have made a discovery that could lead to the development…

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…

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Scientists reveal ALS drug target

Added: 8 Jun 2015

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - commonly referred to as motor neurone disease (MND) in the UK…