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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…
MIT engineers develop shape-shifting food ‘to democratise design of noodles’
Added: 29 May 2017
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed edible films that sprou…
£115m biomedical research centre opens at Oxford University
Added: 18 May 2017
A £115 million research centre designed to help scientists understand diseases and develop new trea…
Reduced profit margins hampering antibiotics production
Added: 15 May 2017
Antibiotics used to treat common infections are becoming more difficult to access because they are …
‘This is not a time for fear’, says new IChemE president John McGagh
Added: 10 May 2017
John McGagh, who is currently chief digital officer at Australian power company Snowy Hydro, has be…
New device could improve biopharma manufacturing, research shows
Added: 10 May 2017
Researchers have developed a new device to more accurately predict which proteins could be used to …
Universities UK chief is new Royal Society of Biology president
Added: 10 May 2017
Universities UK head Julia Goodfellow has been appointed the new president of the Royal Society of …
New ABPI chief Anson names organisation's priorities for sector
Added: 8 May 2017
Lisa Anson, the newly appointed president of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry…
Training isn’t only way to increase endurance, new research shows
Added: 3 May 2017
New research published in the journal Cell Metabolism reveals training is just one way athletes cou…
FDF manifesto outlines five key policies next government should implement
Added: 3 May 2017
The Food and Drink Federation has launched its 2017 manifesto, which outlines five key policies it …
European chemical sector records mixed fortunes in first quarter
Added: 25 Apr 2017
The European chemical sector has seen production output increase in certain subsectors, yet fall in…
Materials regulation could bring £4bn benefit to UK, says study
Added: 24 Apr 2017
Modernising composite materials regulations could bring more than £4 billion worth of benefit to th…
General election: ABPI urges new government to be ‘decisive’
Added: 18 Apr 2017
Following Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to call a general election for 8 June, the Associat…
Food manufacturer Moy Park fined £200k for engineer laceration
Added: 17 Apr 2017
Food manufacturer Moy Park has been fined £200,000 following an incident in which an engineer suffe…
Fracking ‘not compatible’ with 'preference' for renewable energy, study finds
Added: 11 Apr 2017
Research conducted by Cardiff University suggests fracking is ‘not compatible’ with public preferen…
Duke of York opens manufacturing research centre at Sheffield University
Added: 10 Apr 2017
The Duke of York has today (10 April) opened a collaborative manufacturing research facility at the…
