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Ageing workforce affecting science
Added: 9 Jul 2015
There is an imbalance in the age groups of UK science sector employees, according to figures compil…
Genomics is 'big data beast'
Added: 7 Jul 2015
The field of genomics has been dubbed “the alpha beast in the big data forest” by a group of expert…
Experts perfect ambient bioprinting
Added: 3 Jul 2015
A team of researchers at the University of Nottingham has bioprinted a ’play dough-like’ material c…
Food fraud innovators wanted
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Research body Fera Science is urging academics, research firms and small and medium sized enterpris…
High-tech microscope displays nuclear pores
Added: 26 Jun 2015
Researchers at the University of Zurich have used cryo-electron microscopes to display the pores in…
MIT chip harvests IoT potential
Added: 23 Jun 2015
An ultralow-power circuit developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…
Manchester makes biofuel breakthrough
Added: 22 Jun 2015
Scientists at the University of Manchester have made a discovery that could lead to the development…
Scientists claim 'world's thinnest graphene lightbulb'
Added: 15 Jun 2015
A team of scientists from the Columbia University School of Engineering, Seoul National University …
Vaccines network launched in UK
Added: 11 Jun 2015
The UK is set to develop a £20 million vaccines network in an effort to combat the outbreak of dead…
Scientists reveal ALS drug target
Added: 8 Jun 2015
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - commonly referred to as motor neurone disease (MND) in the UK…
Tuning friction to develop 'nanomachines'
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a technique that simul…
Internet of Things research hub for UK
Added: 2 Jun 2015
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has today opened a competition to de…
X-ray lens magnifies nanoworld
Added: 1 Jun 2015
Scientists at Germany’s renowned X-ray institute, DESY, have created a lens that produces sharper i…
ESRF initiates synchrotron upgrade
Added: 29 May 2015
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France has today unveiled plans to …
Alzheimer's drug may 'prevent early stages'
Added: 19 May 2015
Scientists at Lancaster University have developed a drug that may prevent the early stages of Alzhe…
Many probiotics "contaminated" with gluten
Added: 15 May 2015
Inaccurate labelling on probiotic products could be a potential hazard for patients with gluten-rel…
Probiotics could treat autism, expert says
Added: 14 May 2015
Simon Carding, who leads the gut health and food safety programme at the Institute of Food Research…
Pharma focus at skills ceremony
Added: 12 May 2015
Pharmaceuticals sector steals the show at this year’s Science Industry Skills Awards ceremony.
Cameron appoints new science minister
Added: 12 May 2015
Jo Johnson, brother of London Mayor Boris Johnson, has been named the new minister for universities…
Researchers 'reverse' antibiotic resistance
Added: 6 May 2015
A team of researchers at the American University and the University of California, Merced has disco…
