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Bacteria in Waste Water

Experts measure bacteria in wastewater purification process

Added: 26 Nov 2014

A research team in Luxembourg has succeeded in describing the complex relationships within a microb…

Inverted Microscope Created by Brunel University London Ph.D. Student

DIY microscope 'could save thousands'

Added: 26 Nov 2014

A university student has created his own high-tech inverted microscope using a cheap instrument pur…

Henry vacuum cleaner

UK facility to bridge robotics gap

Added: 25 Nov 2014

The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is launching an initiative to encourage and support the take …

Rethinking the Basic Science of Graphene Synthesis

Digital memory given graphene boost

Added: 25 Nov 2014

A team of scientists in the US has begun working on improvements to random access memory (RAM) tech…

GE develops brain imaging 'helmet'

Added: 24 Nov 2014

Scientists at GE Research are currently developing a wearable, high-resolution imaging ’helmet’ tha…

thumb arthritis xray

Centre launched to tackle arthritis at work

Added: 24 Nov 2014

A research centre opening in Southampton will focus on the impact of musculoskeletal disorders in t…

Freeman tweet

Review speeds access to 'medical breakthroughs'

Added: 20 Nov 2014

Life sciences minister George Freeman will today discuss the success of the UK life sciences strate…

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Pathogen outbreak controlled by genome sequencing

Added: 20 Nov 2014

A pathogen outbreak at a hospital in 2011 was controlled by real-time genome sequencing, a new repo…

Two mirror-image domains (terbium in green, manganese in red, oxygen not shown) meet at a domain wal

Nanoscale 'reactor' produces new compound

Added: 19 Nov 2014

Dutch experts claim new compound could ’open the way’ to developing new nanoscale circuits.

Shewanella oneidensis Bacteria

Human waste fuel cells 'a step closer'

Added: 19 Nov 2014

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are a step closer to boosting the development of …

Antibiotics

Tackle antimicrobial resistance "from all directions"

Added: 18 Nov 2014

Resistance to last-line antibiotics continues to cause concern in Europe, says the European Centre …

Mexican wave

'Mexican wave' effect key to brain function

Added: 18 Nov 2014

Scientists have discovered the mechanisms that enable inhibitory neurons to “persuade” other brain …

Access to Medicine Index

GSK tops 'Access to Medicine Index'

Added: 17 Nov 2014

Figures released today in the 2014 Access to Medicine Index reveal that pharmaceutical firms are do…

University of Manchester NGI and NPL graphene agreement

Graphene commercialisation deal signed

Added: 14 Nov 2014

The University of Manchester and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) yesterday signed a deal to …

MXenes flexible and strong nanocomposite

Strong and flexible nanomaterial engineered

Added: 11 Nov 2014

Researchers at Drexel University in the US and Dalian University of Technology in China have chemic…

Business secretary Vince Cable

£50m for new technologies

Added: 6 Nov 2014

A £50 million fund to support new technologies in areas including synthetic biology and grapheme wa…

Vince Cable visits The BBSRC National Virology centre at The Pirbright institute

UK virology centre opens

Added: 3 Nov 2014

Business Secretary Vince Cable has opened the UK’s new National Virology Centre in Surrey.

Ebola virus

Genetic make-up behind Ebola survival

Added: 31 Oct 2014

Studies in mice could enhance drug and vaccine development by reflecting the diversity of reactions…

ISSF supported universities 2014

£38m fund for biomedical research

Added: 30 Oct 2014

The Wellcome Trust has granted 25 UK universities funding to pursue areas of unmet need within biom…

Pinmap of Tweets Related to HIV in the US

Curbing HIV with social media

Added: 29 Oct 2014

’Big data’ taken from social media posts could be used reduce the spread of diseases such as HIV, a…