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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…
Skills support impacting SMEs
Added: 15 Sep 2015
Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are building a competitive advantage through training and …
Breakthrough in plant efficiency
Added: 10 Sep 2015
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revealed new analysis that coul…
Materials boost for energy storage
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Funding to develop advanced materials for future energy storage technologies has been announced.
Ultraviolet rig zaps water utility bug
Added: 24 Aug 2015
United Utilities has deployed ultraviolet rigs to help kill off the final traces of a bug affecting…
FSA funds food innovation
Added: 19 Aug 2015
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is handing out new funding for research into a range of topics f…
Wastewater process cleans up C02
Added: 13 Aug 2015
Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a wastewater treatment process that …
UK pharma boasts export boom
Added: 10 Aug 2015
The UK pharmaceuticals industry has continued to exhibit solid export growth this year, a new surve…
Graphene given recycling boost
Added: 10 Aug 2015
Engineers at the Graphene Flagship have demonstrated a recyclable technique that yields cost-effect…
FDA approves 3D-printed drug
Added: 5 Aug 2015
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broken ground by approving the manufacture of the wor…
Cell firm wins Catapult contract
Added: 3 Aug 2015
The Cell Therapy Catapult at Guy’s Hospital, London has awarded a manufacturing contract to special…
Metal flow 'boosts' manufacturing
Added: 28 Jul 2015
Researchers at Purdue University, US have discovered a new type of metal deformation and a way to s…
Novel workflow provides cellular insight
Added: 22 Jul 2015
A team of researchers at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) and Jagiellonian University has revealed…
Study to perfect proton therapy
Added: 20 Jul 2015
A team of researchers based at the University of Birmingham (UOB) is conducting research to create …
Remote control drug delivery
Added: 16 Jul 2015
Researchers in the US have created a device that delivers drugs to the brain via remote control.
