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Agilent acquires spectroscopy firm Cobalt Light Systems for £40m
Added: 22 Aug 2017
Analytical lab business Agilent has acquired UK-based Raman spectroscopy firm Cobalt Light Systems …
Scientists reveal it’s raining diamonds on Neptune
Added: 21 Aug 2017
While the earth has experienced freak rainstorms of fish, frogs and even golfballs, its sister plan…
Manchester Uni swaps polymers for polystyrene in solar cells development
Added: 18 Aug 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester are using polystyrene as opposed to polymers in an effo…
Chemists use electricity to manufacture more environmentally friendly drugs
Added: 13 Aug 2017
Researchers at Cornell University say electrochemistry could be used to manufacture drugs in a more…
Scientists make golden discovery that could improve cancer treatment
Added: 11 Aug 2017
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have discovered that small amounts of gold could be used …
Synthetic biology start-ups doubled every five years in UK
Added: 10 Aug 2017
The number of synthetic biology start-ups in the UK between 2000 and 2016 has doubled every five ye…
Eurofins’ new £4 million laboratory brings testing under one roof
Added: 4 Aug 2017
Work has finished on Eurofins’ new high-tech laboratory site for testing water and pharmaceutical p…
Government hands Amec Foster Wheeler £2.9m nuclear research contract
Added: 3 Aug 2017
The government has appointed Amec Foster Wheeler to lead a £2.9 million nuclear power research prog…
Innovate UK and EPSRC make £9m available for quantum research
Added: 31 Jul 2017
Innovate UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have announced £9 mi…
Reduced demand prompts closure of Staffordshire’s council-run laboratory
Added: 31 Jul 2017
One of the last local authority-run laboratories in England is to be closed with the loss of 16 pos…
Olympus competition to celebrate best light microscopy images
Added: 27 Jul 2017
Optics manufacturer Olympus is inviting entries for its annual Image of the Year European Life Scie…
Government launches first phase of £246m battery technology challenge
Added: 25 Jul 2017
The government has announced the launch of a £246 million fund designed to establish the UK as a wo…
GSK pulls out of Ulverston biopharma plans amid major manufacturing shake-up
Added: 19 Jul 2017
Pharmaceutical giant GSK has announced plans to overhaul its manufacturing network in the UK, but s…
Complexity of UK withdrawing from Euratom made clear by European Commission
Added: 16 Jul 2017
The complexity of the UK withdrawing from Euratom has been made clear by the latest European Commis…
£138m investment to strengthen research-business partnerships
Added: 16 Jul 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced two funding initiative…
Government commits £100 million-plus for space science
Added: 13 Jul 2017
Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson has announced government funding of £99 million for a …
Google honours 'mother of vodka' and STEM heroine
Added: 10 Jul 2017
Google has used its famous daily doodle illustration to mark the anniversary of a remarkable 18th c…
ABPI chief backs call to collaborate with EU on life sciences
Added: 5 Jul 2017
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has backed a call by Jeremy Hunt and …
Consortium wins £1million to develop new family of antibiotics
Added: 5 Jul 2017
Innovate UK has awarded nearly £1million in funding to a consortium developing a platform for the p…
Government invests £100m to attract highly skilled scientists
Added: 4 Jul 2017
The UK government has announced a £100 million fund to attract highly skilled scientists from “emer…
