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Government hands Amec Foster Wheeler £2.9m nuclear research contract
Added: 3 Aug 2017
The government has appointed Amec Foster Wheeler to lead a £2.9 million nuclear power research prog…
Reduced demand prompts closure of Staffordshire’s council-run laboratory
Added: 31 Jul 2017
One of the last local authority-run laboratories in England is to be closed with the loss of 16 pos…
Olympus competition to celebrate best light microscopy images
Added: 27 Jul 2017
Optics manufacturer Olympus is inviting entries for its annual Image of the Year European Life Scie…
Government launches first phase of £246m battery technology challenge
Added: 25 Jul 2017
The government has announced the launch of a £246 million fund designed to establish the UK as a wo…
GSK pulls out of Ulverston biopharma plans amid major manufacturing shake-up
Added: 19 Jul 2017
Pharmaceutical giant GSK has announced plans to overhaul its manufacturing network in the UK, but s…
Complexity of UK withdrawing from Euratom made clear by European Commission
Added: 16 Jul 2017
The complexity of the UK withdrawing from Euratom has been made clear by the latest European Commis…
Google honours 'mother of vodka' and STEM heroine
Added: 10 Jul 2017
Google has used its famous daily doodle illustration to mark the anniversary of a remarkable 18th c…
ABPI chief backs call to collaborate with EU on life sciences
Added: 5 Jul 2017
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has backed a call by Jeremy Hunt and …
Consortium wins £1million to develop new family of antibiotics
Added: 5 Jul 2017
Innovate UK has awarded nearly £1million in funding to a consortium developing a platform for the p…
Skills shortage ‘costs UK industry £2 billion a year’
Added: 3 Jul 2017
Britain’s burgeoning skills shortage is already costing the country £2 billion in recruitment costs…
Government commits to nuclear fusion research post-Brexit
Added: 29 Jun 2017
The UK government has committed to funding nuclear fusion research alongside the European Union unt…
University of Nottingham invests £200m in multi-disciplinary research groups
Added: 25 Jun 2017
The University of Nottingham is to invest more than £200m in six multi-disciplinary research groups…
Stan Higgins among those honoured at CIA awards ceremony
Added: 20 Jun 2017
Stan Higgins was among those honoured at an awards ceremony hosted by the Chemical Industries Assoc…
Bath University scientists to develop biodegradable microbeads
Added: 18 Jun 2017
Researchers supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) at the Univ…
IET young engineers competition to inspire next generation
Added: 13 Jun 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is hosting a competition designed to inspire th…
Moderate drinking risks brain damage, study finds
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Heavy and moderate drinking is associated with a form of brain damage that affects memory and spati…
Election analysis: What’s the effect for Brexit and the process industries?
Added: 9 Jun 2017
The hung parliament that has resulted from the general election has increased uncertainty over the …
Researchers take steps to make pain relief drugs ‘more effective’
Added: 4 Jun 2017
Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed a new drug delivery "strategy" designe…
Former Labour MP Iain Wright replaces Stan Higgins as NEPIC chief
Added: 1 Jun 2017
Former Labour MP Iain Wright has been named as the new chief executive officer of the North East Pr…
UK food and drink exports grow to £4.9bn in Q1
Added: 31 May 2017
Global exports of UK food and drink products grew to £4.9 billion in the first quarter of 2017 – re…
