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Growth of Edwards Lifesciences requires $100 million campus renovation
Added: 19 Sep 2017
Edwards Lifesciences, designers and manufacturers of the Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve - the fir…

Tattoo ink travels through the body in nano-form, scientists reveal
Added: 17 Sep 2017
Researchers at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have discovered tattoo ink travel…

Biosensor identifies horse meat adulteration within one hour
Added: 12 Sep 2017
Researchers at the University of Madrid have developed an electrochemical biosensor designed to det…
UK Research and Innovation hires CFO to help deliver UK industrial strategy
Added: 10 Sep 2017
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has appointed Ian Kenyon to the newly created role of chief finan…

Machine learning mobile microscope measures air quality
Added: 10 Sep 2017
Researchers at UCLA have developed what they say is a cost-effective mobile microscope designed to …

Researchers develop smartphone app to measure heart health
Added: 10 Sep 2017
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have created an app designed to measure the h…
Handheld device identifies cancer within ten seconds
Added: 7 Sep 2017
A handheld device created by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) can identify can…

Science collaboration with EU ‘crucial’ after Brexit, says David Davis
Added: 6 Sep 2017
Brexit secretary David Davis said it is “crucial” the UK collaborates with its European partners on…
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…