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Antibiotics

Reduce antibiotic use in experiments

Added: 20 Mar 2015

The use of antibiotics in laboratory experiments is adding to the global problem of antimicrobial r…

Graphene defect

Imperfect graphene could boost fuel cell technology

Added: 18 Mar 2015

Scientists at Northwestern University, US have discovered that imperfect graphene creates a proton-…

George Osborne

Protect science budget, committee urges

Added: 18 Mar 2015

The UK Science and Technology Committee has asked George Osborne ’not to falter’ on science funding…

Artificial 'skin'

Artificial 'skin' changes colour on demand

Added: 12 Mar 2015

Engineers at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) have developed a chameleon-like materia…

David Cameron

PM announces degree apprenticeships

Added: 12 Mar 2015

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

CCS

CCS at 'half the cost'

Added: 12 Mar 2015

A material which captures carbon at half the energy cost has been developed by researchers at the U…

BASF plastics research

BASF carbon-fibre plastics study ends

Added: 9 Mar 2015

New processes and techniques for manufacturing thermoplastics strengthened by carbon fibres have be…

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…

NHS

NHS treatment cuts 'lack consistency'

Added: 2 Mar 2015

During 2011, England’s NHS was tasked with finding £20 billion of efficiency savings over four year…

Rethinking the Basic Science of Graphene Synthesis

Manchester launches manufacturing strategy

Added: 2 Mar 2015

Advanced materials, chemicals and food & drink processing are all set to play a role in a strategy …

IVF

Lords approve mitochondrial donation treatment

Added: 25 Feb 2015

Members of the House of Lords have approved laws which could prevent serious mitochondrial diseases…

QELFA device

'Pregnancy tester' to diagnose kidney disease

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Engineers in London have developed a medical device which combines nanotechnology with a pregnancy …

Ebola

WHO approves 15-minute Ebola test

Added: 20 Feb 2015

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved a rapid 15-minute blood test for Ebola.

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…

Inhaler

New hope for asthma and allergy sufferers

Added: 19 Feb 2015

A 10-year epigenetic study has highlighted the potential to develop effective new treatments for pe…

Ebola

GSK Ebola vaccine "well tolerated"

Added: 18 Feb 2015

Initial results from a trial using the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)/ National Institutes of Health (NIH) E…

Vince Cable

Winners of £20m biotech competition revealed

Added: 17 Feb 2015

Business secretary Vince Cable today announced the 23 winners of the £20 million Industrial Biotech…

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…

United Utilities training centre

Water lab combats skills shortage

Added: 12 Feb 2015

Water firm United Utilities has invested £1.5 million in a new technical training centre located at…

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…