Latest News
Materials screening 'improves' biofuel processing
Added: 27 Jan 2015
Researchers in the US have developed a computational screening process that identifies potential ma…
Chemists find way to 'unboil' egg
Added: 27 Jan 2015
A team of US and Australian chemists claims to have unboiled egg whites by returning a key protein …
Cancer cooperation "makes treatment difficult"
Added: 26 Jan 2015
A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made steps in understanding why ma…
GSK Ebola vaccine shipped to Liberia
Added: 23 Jan 2015
Pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has shipped 300 vials of its candidate Ebola vaccine to L…
'Systems genetics' could revolutionise epilepsy treatment
Added: 23 Jan 2015
Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have pioneered novel computational and genetics techni…
Physicists use laser to create 'supermaterials'
Added: 20 Jan 2015
A team of physicists from New York’s University of Rochester has used laser-patterning technology t…
Scientific data fuels nuclear safety
Added: 20 Jan 2015
Engineers at the University of Huddersfield are using electron microscopy to ensure the safety of t…
Petroleum testing lab reopens after flood
Added: 19 Jan 2015
Product testing firm Intertek has reopened its Immingham Docks Laboratory after a tidal surge and w…
Cambridge set for bioscience boost
Added: 19 Jan 2015
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has invested £44 million in deve…
Randox unveils £161m Science Park
Added: 15 Jan 2015
Medical diagnostics firm Randox intends to build a £161 million manufacturing and R&D facility in C…
Gene study targets heart failure
Added: 14 Jan 2015
A study conducted by researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) has revealed the gene mutations r…
UK-China stem cell projects announced
Added: 13 Jan 2015
The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have…
Scotland secures £15m genome investment
Added: 12 Jan 2015
Experts from the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow will partner with genome sequencing firm Ill…
Experts pioneer universal snake-bite antivenom
Added: 12 Jan 2015
A team of researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded funding …
'Beer eating' bacteria could aid health
Added: 9 Jan 2015
A study led by scientists in the UK and US has revealed how a certain type of bacteria has evolved …
Experts discover new antibiotic
Added: 8 Jan 2015
A team of researchers from Northeastern University in Boston, US has discovered a new antibiotic, k…
Brain scans may predict "future failure"
Added: 7 Jan 2015
A study published today in the journal Neuron suggests that data taken from brain imaging technolog…
Device enables ultra-fast laser-beam steering
Added: 7 Jan 2015
A team of researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of Dundee has engineered an…
Oxford begins Ebola vaccine trials
Added: 7 Jan 2015
Scientists at Oxford University are commencing initial safety trials of an Ebola vaccine which has …
Cancer-promoting gene could explain 'paradox'
Added: 6 Jan 2015
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre have uncovered a cancer-promo…
