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"Explosive" bottled beer phenomenon explained
Added: 24 Nov 2013
European scientists have produced fresh insight into the science behind rapidly foaming beer bottle…
US scientists create "self-healing" battery
Added: 17 Nov 2013
Researchers in the US say they have developed a battery electrode with a stretchy polymer coating c…
Waste crop biofuel could combat fossil fuel dependency
Added: 14 Nov 2013
Researchers from the University of Nottingham and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering …
Synthetic materials tweak bacterial communication
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Synthetic polymers have the capability to manipulate the way in which bacteria communicates with ea…
Polymer study reveals light reaction
Added: 11 Nov 2013
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh (UOP) are investigating polymers that react and move …
Human waste could power future robotic "heart"
Added: 8 Nov 2013
Researchers from the University of the West of England (UWE) have developed an artificial heart cap…
Synthetic biology start-ups to benefit from £10m investment
Added: 7 Nov 2013
The investment fund is designed to help companies in the early stages of synthetic biology that hav…
European Bioinformatics Institute opens Technical Hub
Added: 5 Nov 2013
The Technical Hub, which forms part of the Cambridge biotechnology cluster, will be home to the ELI…
Electron microscopy reveals nanoparticle reactivity
Added: 5 Nov 2013
Through the use of innovative electron microscopy, a team of researchers has discovered that the ox…
Biofuel by-product could feed chickens
Added: 1 Nov 2013
Experts researching biofuels believe that yeasty by-products being produced could be converted into…
Cancer imaging centres to receive £35m boost
Added: 29 Oct 2013
Cancer imaging within the UK is set to receive a £35 million pound boost in an effort to develop in…
Plants can "tell time", according to research
Added: 24 Oct 2013
A study conducted by the University of Cambridge has found that plants use sugars to tell the time …
Experts X-ray gold on eucalyptus leaves
Added: 23 Oct 2013
Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have disc…
Researchers "unmask" enzyme catalysis
Added: 22 Oct 2013
Research from the University of Bristol (UOB) is significantly advancing the understanding of how c…
£30 million boost for agricultural science
Added: 17 Oct 2013
The Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) announced last week it is to inves…
App to improve gait of those with Parkinson's disease
Added: 17 Oct 2013
An app for smart glasses such as Google Glass, is set to be developed in an effort to improve the g…
Bending thinnest glass shows atoms "dance"
Added: 16 Oct 2013
Researchers from Cornell and the University of Ulm have used an electron microscope to show what ha…
Cultivating microalgae for use in food
Added: 15 Oct 2013
Researchers at Uni Research, Norway are attempting to use microalgae in future food production, som…
European partners help launch Graphene Flagship
Added: 14 Oct 2013
The Graphene Flagship, one of Europe’s first ten-year, €1,000 million flagships in future and emerg…
Sartorius to acquire TAP Biosystems
Added: 8 Oct 2013
Sartorius Stedim Biotech announced yesterday that it has made an offer to buy fermentation speciali…
