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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…
Skills shortage ‘costs UK industry £2 billion a year’
Added: 3 Jul 2017
Britain’s burgeoning skills shortage is already costing the country £2 billion in recruitment costs…
Government commits to nuclear fusion research post-Brexit
Added: 29 Jun 2017
The UK government has committed to funding nuclear fusion research alongside the European Union unt…
University of Nottingham invests £200m in multi-disciplinary research groups
Added: 25 Jun 2017
The University of Nottingham is to invest more than £200m in six multi-disciplinary research groups…
Industrial strategy fund worth over £700m opens to UK businesses
Added: 23 Jun 2017
A government-led industrial strategy fund worth a combined value of more than £700 million has open…
Stan Higgins among those honoured at CIA awards ceremony
Added: 20 Jun 2017
Stan Higgins was among those honoured at an awards ceremony hosted by the Chemical Industries Assoc…
Scuoler and Stannah brothers receive lift from honours list
Added: 19 Jun 2017
Stannah stairlift pioneers Brian and Alan Stannah and EEF chief executive Terry Scuoler were among …
Bath University scientists to develop biodegradable microbeads
Added: 18 Jun 2017
Researchers supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) at the Univ…
IET young engineers competition to inspire next generation
Added: 13 Jun 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is hosting a competition designed to inspire th…
Moderate drinking risks brain damage, study finds
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Heavy and moderate drinking is associated with a form of brain damage that affects memory and spati…
Election analysis: What’s the effect for Brexit and the process industries?
Added: 9 Jun 2017
The hung parliament that has resulted from the general election has increased uncertainty over the …
Researchers take steps to make pain relief drugs ‘more effective’
Added: 4 Jun 2017
Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed a new drug delivery "strategy" designe…
Former Labour MP Iain Wright replaces Stan Higgins as NEPIC chief
Added: 1 Jun 2017
Former Labour MP Iain Wright has been named as the new chief executive officer of the North East Pr…
UK food and drink exports grow to £4.9bn in Q1
Added: 31 May 2017
Global exports of UK food and drink products grew to £4.9 billion in the first quarter of 2017 – re…
MIT engineers develop shape-shifting food ‘to democratise design of noodles’
Added: 29 May 2017
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed edible films that sprou…
£115m biomedical research centre opens at Oxford University
Added: 18 May 2017
A £115 million research centre designed to help scientists understand diseases and develop new trea…
Reduced profit margins hampering antibiotics production
Added: 15 May 2017
Antibiotics used to treat common infections are becoming more difficult to access because they are …
‘This is not a time for fear’, says new IChemE president John McGagh
Added: 10 May 2017
John McGagh, who is currently chief digital officer at Australian power company Snowy Hydro, has be…
New device could improve biopharma manufacturing, research shows
Added: 10 May 2017
Researchers have developed a new device to more accurately predict which proteins could be used to …
