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£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…
Photonics & electronics centre to launch in UK
Added: 9 Sep 2013
The University of Southampton is set to launch the Zepler Institute this Thursday, making it the UK…
Electronic devices receive gold standard
Added: 6 Sep 2013
Chemical engineers from Kansas State University have shown how gold atoms can improve the electrica…
Studies explain new basic reaction
Added: 5 Sep 2013
Researchers at MIT and the University of Minnesota have fully understood a low-temperature reaction…
Understanding cellular mechanics
Added: 4 Sep 2013
Experts from UK universities will be attending the IWCMM to present research on mechanobiology, a f…
Technique accelerates organ replacement
Added: 21 Aug 2013
A novel approach to organising cells via 3-D tissue engineering could be the next step towards viab…
Early biomarker could detect Alzheimer's
Added: 15 Aug 2013
In results published this week, researchers believe a potential biomarker is present in cerebral sp…
Wireless devices communicate without batteries
Added: 14 Aug 2013
Engineers from the University of Washington have designed a wireless communication system that allo…
