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Drug discovery lab to open in Dundee
Added: 30 Apr 2014
The UK government has awarded £8 million funding for a drug discovery research centre in Dundee.

Sartorius completes pharma portfolio
Sartorius Group | Added: 30 Apr 2014
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has acquired the majority stake in the US start-up AllPure Technolog…

Lab upgrade project at Cambridge
Added: 9 Apr 2014
The University of Cambridge appoints engineering services firm in £40m facilities project.

Food fingerprinting used to combat fraud
Added: 10 Mar 2014
The chemical fingerprinting of food samples will be key in the fight against food fraud, according …
Lab-grown heart cells advance future research
Added: 28 Feb 2014
New methods for growing heart cells could significantly reduce the need to use animals in drug test…

Blood analysis biomarker "predicts mortality"
Added: 26 Feb 2014
The state of a person’s metabolism and short-term mortality can be illustrated with a new scientifi…

Allergen detection method enhanced
Added: 24 Feb 2014
Analytical technologies firm AB Sciex has announced a new method for milk and egg allergen detectio…

Drug resistance mechanism uncovered
Added: 20 Feb 2014
Researchers in the US have discovered a drug resistance mechanism that could have significant impli…

Porvair expands UK operations
Porvair Filtration Group | Added: 12 Feb 2014
Porvair Filtration Group has announced the expansion of its UK facilities in New Milton near Christ…

"Scaffold" technique used in stem cell growth
Added: 6 Feb 2014
A team led by scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a method for growing human em…

Disease detection receives stealthy upgrade
Added: 21 Jan 2014
Researchers at the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy have designed and tested large mol…

Mass spectrometry imaging used for tissue analysis
Added: 8 Jan 2014
Scientists from Imperial College London (ICL) have developed a method that uses mass spectrometry i…

Photoelectron spectroscopy suite opening today
Added: 17 Dec 2013
The University of Nottingham will today unveil the newest suite at its Nanoscience & Nanotechnology…
Artificial intelligence goes public
Added: 11 Dec 2013
Researchers from leading UK institutions are working on a £2m project designed to look at how remot…

Researchers develop mobile phone microscopy tool
Added: 6 Dec 2013
Researchers from Finland and Sweden have stripped down a mobile phone camera and turned it into a m…

ddPCR used to measure cancer survival biomarker
Added: 5 Dec 2013
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle have used Droplet Digital PCR to dem…

Scattering technique used to identify the infinitesimal
Added: 3 Dec 2013
Researchers at the Universite de Montreal have developed a Raman scattering method to improve detec…

Scientists solve photosynthetic megacomplex conundrum
Added: 28 Nov 2013
In an industry first, US scientists have developed a new technique which has allowed them to study …

Diamond "flaws" could provide quantum leap
Added: 25 Nov 2013
By exploiting flaws in minute diamond fragments, researchers at Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory sa…

US scientists create "self-healing" battery
Added: 17 Nov 2013
Researchers in the US say they have developed a battery electrode with a stretchy polymer coating c…