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Science funding 'needs to increase'
Added: 6 Mar 2015
The UK has been urged to increase its investment in science and engineering if it is to continue to…
NHS treatment cuts 'lack consistency'
Added: 2 Mar 2015
During 2011, England’s NHS was tasked with finding £20 billion of efficiency savings over four year…
Manchester launches manufacturing strategy
Added: 2 Mar 2015
Advanced materials, chemicals and food & drink processing are all set to play a role in a strategy …
Lords approve mitochondrial donation treatment
Added: 25 Feb 2015
Members of the House of Lords have approved laws which could prevent serious mitochondrial diseases…
'Pregnancy tester' to diagnose kidney disease
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Engineers in London have developed a medical device which combines nanotechnology with a pregnancy …
WHO approves 15-minute Ebola test
Added: 20 Feb 2015
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved a rapid 15-minute blood test for Ebola.
Electron microscope pinpoints position of single atoms
Added: 19 Feb 2015
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has today unveiled a powerful electr…
New hope for asthma and allergy sufferers
Added: 19 Feb 2015
A 10-year epigenetic study has highlighted the potential to develop effective new treatments for pe…
GSK Ebola vaccine "well tolerated"
Added: 18 Feb 2015
Initial results from a trial using the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)/ National Institutes of Health (NIH) E…
Winners of £20m biotech competition revealed
Added: 17 Feb 2015
Business secretary Vince Cable today announced the 23 winners of the £20 million Industrial Biotech…
Gene defect may explain cardiac death
Added: 17 Feb 2015
Researchers at the University of Oxford have made a chance discovery which could explain how a gene…
Water lab combats skills shortage
Added: 12 Feb 2015
Water firm United Utilities has invested £1.5 million in a new technical training centre located at…
Food dyes to improve product quality
Added: 11 Feb 2015
A team of researchers at Rutgers University, US is investigating whether common food dyes could act…
Joint venture deal for UK food agency
Added: 11 Feb 2015
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has entered into a joint venture with …
Build on UK research strength, academies urge
Added: 10 Feb 2015
The National Academies, comprising The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Royal Society, the British…
Future for genetic screening in employment
Added: 6 Feb 2015
A quarter of UK businesses would extend health screening into genetic testing to retain and attract…
AstraZeneca facility "a blow for modern science"
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Pharmaceuticals firm AstraZeneca has been given consent to build a new UK-based global R&D centre a…
Budget blood test for bowel cancer
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Irish scientists are developing a EUR€25 (£18) blood test for bowel cancer, which could save thousa…
£18 blood test for bowel cancer
Randox Laboratories | Added: 5 Feb 2015
Irish scientists are developing a EUR€25 (£18) blood test for bowel cancer, which could save thousa…
Chemical engineer wins Queen's prize
Added: 4 Feb 2015
Chemical engineer and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Robert Langer has today…
