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Waste crop biofuel enzymes

Waste crop biofuel could combat fossil fuel dependency

Added: 14 Nov 2013

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering …

Bacteria

Synthetic materials tweak bacterial communication

Added: 12 Nov 2013

Synthetic polymers have the capability to manipulate the way in which bacteria communicates with ea…

Polymers

Polymer study reveals light reaction

Added: 11 Nov 2013

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh (UOP) are investigating polymers that react and move …

Urine powered mobile phone

Human waste could power future robotic "heart"

Added: 8 Nov 2013

Researchers from the University of the West of England (UWE) have developed an artificial heart cap…

Amsbio synthetic mRNA

Synthetic biology start-ups to benefit from £10m investment

Added: 7 Nov 2013

The investment fund is designed to help companies in the early stages of synthetic biology that hav…

Technical Hub bioinformatics institute

European Bioinformatics Institute opens Technical Hub

Added: 5 Nov 2013

The Technical Hub, which forms part of the Cambridge biotechnology cluster, will be home to the ELI…

Microscope

Electron microscopy reveals nanoparticle reactivity

Added: 5 Nov 2013

Through the use of innovative electron microscopy, a team of researchers has discovered that the ox…

By-product could feed chickens

Biofuel by-product could feed chickens

Added: 1 Nov 2013

Experts researching biofuels believe that yeasty by-products being produced could be converted into…

3D cancer screening assays

Cancer imaging centres to receive £35m boost

Added: 29 Oct 2013

Cancer imaging within the UK is set to receive a £35 million pound boost in an effort to develop in…

Plants have their own internal clocks

Plants can "tell time", according to research

Added: 24 Oct 2013

A study conducted by the University of Cambridge has found that plants use sugars to tell the time …

Gold deposits found on eucalyptus leaves

Experts X-ray gold on eucalyptus leaves

Added: 23 Oct 2013

Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have disc…

Enzyme catalysis

Researchers "unmask" enzyme catalysis

Added: 22 Oct 2013

Research from the University of Bristol (UOB) is significantly advancing the understanding of how c…

Agricultural science gets £30m boost

£30 million boost for agricultural science

Added: 17 Oct 2013

The Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) announced last week it is to inves…

App to improve gait

App to improve gait of those with Parkinson's disease

Added: 17 Oct 2013

An app for smart glasses such as Google Glass, is set to be developed in an effort to improve the g…

Bending glass shows atoms dance

Bending thinnest glass shows atoms "dance"

Added: 16 Oct 2013

Researchers from Cornell and the University of Ulm have used an electron microscope to show what ha…

Microalgae being cultivated for food use

Cultivating microalgae for use in food

Added: 15 Oct 2013

Researchers at Uni Research, Norway are attempting to use microalgae in future food production, som…

Graphene Flagship launched in Gothenberg

European partners help launch Graphene Flagship

Added: 14 Oct 2013

The Graphene Flagship, one of Europe’s first ten-year, €1,000 million flagships in future and emerg…

Sartorius to acquire TAP Biosystems

Sartorius to acquire TAP Biosystems

Added: 8 Oct 2013

Sartorius Stedim Biotech announced yesterday that it has made an offer to buy fermentation speciali…

Biofuel facility

Project to enhance biogas production

Added: 8 Oct 2013

VTT Technological Research Centre of Finland (VTT) is coordinating a European project that will foc…

Fujifilm mammalian cell facility

Fujifilm opens unique cell culture facility

Added: 4 Oct 2013

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies has opened its mammalian cell culture cGMP manufacturing facility…