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Next year’s Christmas presents could be mind-controlled
Added: 16 Dec 2016
The next generation of toys could be controlled with the mind and activated by the power of concent…
Pfizer fined £84.2m for drug price hike
Added: 7 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined pharmaceutical major Pfizer £84.2 million for…
Bristol uni develops nuclear battery ‘powered by waste’
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a nuclear-powered battery that uses nuclear w…
MIT creates long-term drug delivery capsule
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital hav…
New report questions value of merging NHS labs
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Independent research organisation MindMetre has questioned the benefits of consolidating pathology …
Manchester students scoop multiple awards for alcohol detection patch
Added: 24 Nov 2016
A team of students from the University of Manchester has been awarded a gold medal and the ‘Best Co…
Autumn Statement confirms major Whitehall investment in STEM
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Phillip Hammond has, as expected, delivered a raft of measures in his Autumn Statement d…
Researchers create ‘scalable’ 2D nanomaterials
Added: 22 Nov 2016
A team of scientists from UCL, the University of Bristol, Cambridge Graphene Centre and École Polyt…
New nuclear waste disposal research ‘could save millions’
Added: 19 Nov 2016
A team of scientists has completed a body of research on radioactive isotopes, which could be used …
Minister says maintaining British chemical industry as world leader ‘vital’
Added: 18 Nov 2016
The UK’s role as a world leader in the chemical sector must be maintained after Brexit, Minister f…
Manchester announces quantum computing ‘breakthrough’
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Researchers at the University of Manchester have shown it is possible to use supramolecular chemist…
MIT moves closer to creating biodegradable plastics
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have determined the structure of a bact…
Sheffield launches degree-level apprenticeships
Added: 12 Nov 2016
Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam universities have launched a degree-level apprenticeship programme t…
Trump win could unsettle European chemicals market, says Cefic
Added: 9 Nov 2016
Chemical businesses within the European Union face a short-term period of uncertainty following the…
Engineers develop peptide to fight antibiotic resistance
Added: 2 Nov 2016
A team of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed an antimicrobi…
Wales to open first science park in 2018
Added: 31 Oct 2016
The first dedicated Science Park in Wales is opening on Anglesey in 2018, with economy minister Ken…
Physics focus ‘can help’ food & drink manufacturing post-Brexit
Added: 26 Oct 2016
The president of the Institute of Physics (IOP) has said a focus on physics could help UK food and …
‘Nuisance’ polymer becomes biomass breakthrough
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A team of scientists at Swiss research institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) …
Report suggests UK reliant on unproven emissions technologies
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A perspective published in the journal Science suggests the Paris Agreement and the carbon-reductio…
Drug-delay tactics called into question
Added: 17 Oct 2016
A meeting in Geneva this week will question the practice of extending the life of drug patents as a…
