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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 …
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 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…
Allergen detection method enhanced
Added: 24 Feb 2014
Analytical technologies firm AB Sciex has announced a new method for milk and egg allergen detectio…
Drug resistance mechanism uncovered
Added: 20 Feb 2014
Researchers in the US have discovered a drug resistance mechanism that could have significant impli…
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 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…
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…
"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 cytogenetics tender
Added: 5 Feb 2014
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) this week announced that it was the recipient of a cytogenetics tender…
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…
Experts develop faster enzyme reactor technology
Added: 30 Jan 2014
Researchers from Bath University have developed an enzymatic process intensification technology des…
"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…
Disease detection receives stealthy upgrade
Added: 21 Jan 2014
Researchers at the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy have designed and tested large mol…
Wheat genotyping collaboration
Affymetrix | Added: 20 Jan 2014
Affymetrix and the University of Bristol have collaboratively designed a wheat genotyping array.
Mobile water treatment system developed
Added: 16 Jan 2014
Researchers from UWE Bristol have developed a portable water treatment system capable of producing …
Immunocore wins research deal with AstraZeneca
Added: 9 Jan 2014
AstraZeneca’s biologics R&D arm, MedImmune, has been selected to enter into an oncology research co…
Mass spectrometry imaging used for tissue analysis
Added: 8 Jan 2014
Scientists from Imperial College London (ICL) have developed a method that uses mass spectrometry i…
Microscopy tool used to assess nano-damage
Added: 6 Jan 2014
A team of researchers from the University of Huddersfield have discovered how computer components c…
Photoelectron spectroscopy suite opening today
Added: 17 Dec 2013
The University of Nottingham will today unveil the newest suite at its Nanoscience & Nanotechnology…
