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Since starting to manufacture Stomacher bags in the UK, Seward is recycling 85% of all its plastic a

Seward moves manufacturing to the UK

Seward | Added: 7 Apr 2014

Seward has increased production capacity for Stomacher blender bags with additional manufacturing i…

GSK gets F1 boost

GSK drug discovery gets F1 boost

Added: 26 Mar 2014

Pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline is employing Formula 1 style data analysis to improve its drug…

Paul Oran

Experts pioneer protein analysis technique

Added: 25 Mar 2014

US scientists are developing mass spectroscopy technology to focus on developing and translating ne…

Food

Latest food contaminant risks revealed

Added: 21 Mar 2014

Pathogens and pesticides are the most commonly found contaminants in food, new research suggests.

Biodiesel produced without water

Research cutting biodiesel water usage

Added: 20 Mar 2014

European researchers are developing more sustainable biofuels using water-free techniques.

Aesica CEO Robert Hardy

Drugs firm to commence production

Added: 14 Mar 2014

Pharmaceuticals firm Aesica has announced the validation of its manufacturing facility at Queenboro…

David Willetts

Government plans UK sciences investment

Added: 11 Mar 2014

The UK government will today set out plans to boost British science projects as part of its long-te…

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Food fingerprinting used to combat fraud

Added: 10 Mar 2014

The chemical fingerprinting of food samples will be key in the fight against food fraud, according …

ICL scientist Dr Cesare Terracciano

Lab-grown heart cells advance future research

Added: 28 Feb 2014

New methods for growing heart cells could significantly reduce the need to use animals in drug test…

Blood cells

Blood analysis biomarker "predicts mortality"

Added: 26 Feb 2014

The state of a person’s metabolism and short-term mortality can be illustrated with a new scientifi…

AB Sciex QTRAP 5500 system

Allergen detection method enhanced

Added: 24 Feb 2014

Analytical technologies firm AB Sciex has announced a new method for milk and egg allergen detectio…

Antibiotics

Drug resistance mechanism uncovered

Added: 20 Feb 2014

Researchers in the US have discovered a drug resistance mechanism that could have significant impli…

Antibiotics

Project to develop antibiotics announced

Added: 19 Feb 2014

More than 30 universities, research institutes and pharmaceutical firms are leading a drive to deve…

Porvair Filtration Group's new factory will allow a consolidation of its business in the UK

Porvair expands UK operations

Porvair Filtration Group | Added: 12 Feb 2014

Porvair Filtration Group has announced the expansion of its UK facilities in New Milton near Christ…

James Dyson

Dyson lab to develop next-gen robots

Added: 11 Feb 2014

A £5m collaboration between Imperial College London and Dyson is set to develop the next generation…

Cells growing on the carbon nanotube support

"Scaffold" technique used in stem cell growth

Added: 6 Feb 2014

A team led by scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a method for growing human em…

NHS awards significant cytogenetics tender to OGT

NHS awards cytogenetics tender

Added: 5 Feb 2014

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) this week announced that it was the recipient of a cytogenetics tender…

Synthetic Structure

UK to open three synthetic biology research centres

Added: 3 Feb 2014

Three new multidisciplinary research centres in synthetic biology will be established in Bristol, N…

Accelerated enzyme reactor technology

Experts develop faster enzyme reactor technology

Added: 30 Jan 2014

Researchers from Bath University have developed an enzymatic process intensification technology des…

Imperial College London to open new data lab with partners Huawei

"Big data" lab to open in UK

Added: 27 Jan 2014

Imperial College London (ICL) and Huawei have announced the opening of a new data science innovatio…