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Cavendish Nuclear wins £95m clean up contract with Sellafield
Added: 19 Dec 2017
Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract worth £95 million to support clean up at Sellafield n…

Fracking wastewater treatment could cost £1million per well in UK
Added: 18 Dec 2017
The treatment and disposal of fracking wastewater in the UK could cost between £100,000 and £1 mill…
Machine learning algorithm could accelerate drug discovery
Added: 15 Dec 2017
A machine learning algorithm developed by an international team of researchers could be used to acc…

Government invests £86m in nuclear fusion research
Added: 11 Dec 2017
The government has invested £86 million in the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) nuclear fusion …

HSE issued Crown Censure over burns injury at its Buxton lab
Added: 7 Dec 2017
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been issued a Crown Censure after a worker at its lab in …
EPSRC invests £7m in materials research at SuperSTEM microscopy lab
Added: 4 Dec 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £7 million in new equip…

MSD life sciences deal a ‘huge vote of confidence in industrial strategy’
Added: 28 Nov 2017
The government has said a deal to invest in life sciences research and development in the UK “repre…

IET research shows majority of children see engineering as male profession
Added: 24 Nov 2017
Research by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) reveals only 9% of children aged be…

‘Light on science’ Budget includes £2.3bn investment for R&D
Added: 23 Nov 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget has promised an additional £2.3 billion for research and …
STEM grads more likely to be out of work says CIPD report
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Young people who study STEM subjects have the highest rate of graduate unemployment immediately aft…

Engineering firm sentenced over legionella risk at powder coating plant
Added: 17 Nov 2017
De-Met Colourcoat has been sentenced after failing to adequately control the risk of legionella bac…

Lab technologist wins IET Apprentice of the Year
Added: 16 Nov 2017
The IET has awarded its Apprentice of the Year prize to manufacturing laboratory technologist Magda…

UK and EU chemical bodies demand sector guarantees against no-deal withdrawal
Added: 14 Nov 2017
British and Europe-wide chemical industry associations have issued a joint statement calling on the…
Life sciences in Scotland warns of increasing uncertainty for sector
Added: 10 Nov 2017
Life science companies in Scotland are facing increasing uncertainty because of lack of clarity abo…

Uni team aims to extract instant materials ‘recipes’ from research papers
Added: 7 Nov 2017
Researchers from three universities are working on a new artificial intelligence system that will d…

Global CIOs say IT education inadequate for workplace
Added: 7 Nov 2017
More than 90% of global bosses surveyed believe the education system fails to provide the necessary…

Siemens and Museum of Science and Industry ink three-year STEM deal
Added: 30 Oct 2017
Siemens and the Museum of Science and Industry have announced a partnership designed to promote car…

Anti-ageing ‘mathematically impossible’, researchers say
Added: 30 Oct 2017
It is “mathematically impossible” to stop ageing in multicellular organisms like humans, according …
New nuclear skills academy chief to start in December as Llewellyn departs
Added: 27 Oct 2017
Jo Tipa, operations manager at the National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN), has been appointed as ma…
Government announces £17m for life sciences and mental health
Added: 26 Oct 2017
The UK government has announced £17 million of new funding to help life sciences firms discover new…