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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…
Project to enhance biogas production
Added: 8 Oct 2013
VTT Technological Research Centre of Finland (VTT) is coordinating a European project that will foc…
Fujifilm opens unique cell culture facility
Added: 4 Oct 2013
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies has opened its mammalian cell culture cGMP manufacturing facility…
Graphene institute to open in UK
Added: 2 Oct 2013
Science & Universities minister David Willetts has this week visited the future site of the Nationa…
Malvern Instruments acquires NanoSight
Added: 30 Sep 2013
Malvern Instruments has today revealed that it is to complete the acquisition of nanoparticle chara…
Database of European research facilities launched
Added: 26 Sep 2013
A European database of the finest scientific research facilities was launched yesterday to better i…
Move to boost lab and manufacturing links
Added: 18 Sep 2013
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) yesterday announced a fellowship schem…
Chemical engineering pilot gains support
Added: 13 Sep 2013
A pilot set up by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) will attempt to benc…
