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Government sinks £8.2m into water treatment
Added: 16 Dec 2015
Cranfield University has been awarded £8.2 million to shape the future of UK water treatment and in…
DuPont and Dow confirm merger
Added: 16 Dec 2015
Dow Chemical Company and DuPont have today announced plans to join forces.
STEM guidance to 'improve' diversity
Added: 9 Dec 2015
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has published guidance to help employers improv…
Pfizer agrees $160bn merger
Added: 23 Nov 2015
Pfizer has signed a $160 billion (£105bn) merger deal with Irish pharmaceuticals developer Allergan.
GE and Emerson strike biopharma deal
Added: 23 Nov 2015
GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business and Emerson Process Management have joined forces to improve…
UK still lags in innovation stakes
Added: 19 Nov 2015
The UK has once again failed to make an appearance on a list of the world’s top 100 most innovative…
Quantum research in the spotlight
Added: 19 Nov 2015
UK research teams last week demonstrated how study of the quantum realm is helping to advance measu…
Biopharma centre improves capability
Added: 13 Nov 2015
Life sciences firm Novasep has provided a biologics centre with protein purification technology.
Non-toxic fracking fluid scoops award
Added: 12 Nov 2015
An energy-saving, non-toxic hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid was declared the overall winner a…
Amec Foster inks graphene deal
Added: 10 Nov 2015
Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed the preferred engineering partner to Applied Graphene Materi…
Access to research 'could be better'
Added: 2 Nov 2015
Business access to scientific research could be improved, according to one industry report.
Graphene printing gets speed boost
Added: 28 Oct 2015
A team of chemical engineers from Cambridge University has developed a method for printing electron…
STEM graduates causing concern
Added: 22 Oct 2015
The majority of employers in the UK are unsatisfied with graduates, a new report suggests.
Linde opens pilot synthesis gas plant
Added: 19 Oct 2015
Linde has invested €5 million (£3.7 million) in a new plant that will produce low-emission synthesi…
Algae-power under the microscope
Added: 16 Oct 2015
A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …
Environmental training receives £2.5m boost
Added: 14 Oct 2015
The University of Southampton is to share in £2.5 million funding to train the environmental scient…
Kerry opens food innovation hub
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Kerry Group has opened a €100m (£74m) global technology and innovation centre in Ireland.
Girls 'not smart enough' for science
Added: 1 Oct 2015
Almost a third (32%) of girls aged 11-16 do not think they are clever enough to become scientists, …
Amazon UK to supply industry and labs
Added: 22 Sep 2015
Amazon today launched an online industrial and scientific supply store in the UK, which it says wil…
GSK teams up with Siemens
Added: 18 Sep 2015
Siemens has signed a global deal with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to supply automation equipment and serv…
