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Microreactor allows safer production of nitroglycerine

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft | Added: 30 May 2012

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal have developed a me…

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Swedish University develops chemical circuit

Link?ping University | Added: 29 May 2012

Linköping University has developed a chemical circuit that could help regulate and control the sign…

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A simpler method of chemical replication

Caltech | Added: 29 May 2012

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed what they believe is…

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Funding to highlight growth opportunities for synthetic biology

BBSRC | Added: 25 May 2012

The government is to boost innovation in synthetic biology by investing up to £6.5m to encourage bu…

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Oxford begins hunt for Yeti DNA

Oxford University | Added: 25 May 2012

Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology will use the latest genetic techniques to inve…

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Doping loophole uncovered ahead of the 2012 Olympics

Kingston University | Added: 22 May 2012

Researchers from Kingston University have found that green and white teas could hide abnormal level…

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Researchers discover different mechanisms of pain

Leeds University | Added: 18 May 2012

Researchers at the University of Leeds have found a previously unknown mechanism through which pain…

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Genetics papers brought together for the first time

Glasgow University | Added: 18 May 2012

The Wellcome Library is to bring the papers of the pioneers of modern genetics together in one plac…

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Preventing communication between bacteria

Nottingham University | Added: 18 May 2012

Scientists have shown for the first time that the effectiveness of the bacteria’s communication dep…

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Mutated strains detected using virus 'barcodes'

Leeds University | Added: 17 May 2012

Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to ’barcode’ viral diseases to rapidly …

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China and UK collaborate on plant research

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | Added: 17 May 2012

A centre of excellence is planned following a symposium between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and…

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Scientists identify protein that could help fight obesity

Cambridge University | Added: 14 May 2012

Scientists have identified a protein that regulates the activation of brown fat in both the brain a…

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Biomimetic model could reduce animal testing

TAP Biosystems | Added: 14 May 2012

TAP Biosystems has teamed up with the Open University (OU) to develop a biomimetic 3D central nervo…

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Creating electricity from light and air

Leeds University | Added: 11 May 2012

Researchers are attempting to make electricity from electrodes coated in bacteria and using light o…

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Virtual lab gives students insight into genetics

Leicester University | Added: 11 May 2012

Academics are investigating whether virtual reality can be used to enhance learning of laboratory t…

Bacteria

Nanoparticles deliver targeted antibiotic attacks

Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Added: 11 May 2012

MIT engineers have designed nanoparticles capable of delivering high doses of antibiotics directly …

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Carbon neutral laboratory to aid sustainable chemistry

Nottingham University | Added: 30 Apr 2012

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Nottingham University have teamed up to establish a Centre of Excellence …

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Measuring the implications of artificial life

Lancaster University | Added: 30 Apr 2012

Research seeks to inform a United Nations (UN) debate on whether to call a temporary halt to the re…

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Team solves 40-year-old FTMS problem

Warwick University | Added: 26 Apr 2012

Researchers have developed a computation which doubles the resolution, sensitivity and mass accurac…

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£5.6m awarded for development of light technology

St Andrews University | Added: 26 Apr 2012

St Andrews University has been awarded a £5.6m grant to develop new light technologies that are abl…