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Bioreactor used to generate blood cells

Added: 21 Jul 2014

Bioreactor-on-a-chip system could be used to meet the global need for blood transfusions, new resea…

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Scientists map "most important" protein

Added: 21 Jul 2014

Understanding the secondary structure of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC/C) could lead to the d…

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ICL to partner on big data lab

Added: 18 Jul 2014

Imperial College London (ICL) and Zhejiang University, China launch data science collaboration.

Minister launches antimicrobial "war cabinet"

Added: 17 Jul 2014

Newly appointed science minister Greg Clark will unite all UK research councils to help tackle anti…

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Scientists turn stem cells to blood

Added: 17 Jul 2014

The ability to reliably and safely make all of the different types of cells in human blood is one s…

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Self-assembling nanoparticle targets tumours

Added: 16 Jul 2014

Protein coated nanoparticles could be used to help doctors diagnose cancer at an earlier stage, new…

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Science minister leaves post

Added: 15 Jul 2014

Science and engineering bodies today hailed the work of departing Science and Universities minister…

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UK genome centre breaks ground

Added: 15 Jul 2014

Genome mapping technology used to improve the DNA make-up of wheat and improve global food security.

Phase-changing material

Phase-changing robots on horizon

Added: 14 Jul 2014

Researchers at MIT have created a material that could be used to produce ’phase-changing’ robots.

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Cannabis 'could' combat cancer

Added: 14 Jul 2014

UK scientists suggest a cannabis compound could be used to reverse tumour growth.

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Scientists develop 'better' low-fat foods

Added: 14 Jul 2014

Low-fat cakes and cheeses could replace full-fat equivalents without the loss of taste and texture,…

New technology developed to diagnose cancer cells

Boost to cancer cell diagnosis

Added: 14 Jul 2014

Technology developed in Europe could pave the way for better cancer cell diagnosis.

CRISPR/Cas9 allows for specific genome disruption and replacement

Modern spectroscopy 'may explain protein toxicity'

Added: 11 Jul 2014

New spectroscopy technology reveals insights into the unknown mechanisms underlying amyloid disease…

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Tumour growth theory announced

Added: 10 Jul 2014

Signals within most types of cancer may fuel the growth of tumours, new research suggests.

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$3bn for nanomaterials research

Added: 10 Jul 2014

IBM to invest heavily in two key research and development programmes to push the limits of ’chip’ t…

National Physical Laboratory

Materials lab given uni boost

Added: 10 Jul 2014

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is shaping the future of materials science with strategic pa…

Pharma

Pharma leads manufacturing fall

Added: 9 Jul 2014

UK manufacturing has suffered biggest fall in output since January 2013, with pharmaceuticals among…

David Willetts MP

£53m to boost science talent

Added: 8 Jul 2014

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will lead a consortium of industrial and scientific sector employers to help …

Antibiotics

Report questions PM's antibiotics review

Added: 7 Jul 2014

The government’s latest plan to tackle antibiotic resistance has no definitive targets, a parliamen…

IBM launches food safety tool

Food safety breakthrough announced

Added: 4 Jul 2014

Learning system combines petabytes of retail data with public health case reports to identify conta…