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Quantum-scale electron liquid

February 6, 2019
Physicists have created the first electron liquid at room temperature and say it could have applications in quantum computers.University of California scientists directed superfast laser pulses at ultrathin sandwich, formed...

75 new doctoral training centres

February 4, 2019
The government has announced 75 new centres for doctoral training in key scientific areas of the future, as part of an £800 million scheme.From October 2019, more than 4,600 PhD...

Discovery Park seeks new tenant for key facility

February 2, 2019
Discovery Park is seeking an anchor tenant for its 24,000 square-foot pilot scale manufacturing facility.  Building 518 in the Kent-based science park is suitable for pilot scale small molecule drug development...

Saturnian day deduced from ring formations

January 30, 2019
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has enabled a more accurate estimate of the length of a day on Saturn.The new estimate of 10 hours, 33 minutes and 38 seconds, is...

Graphene turned into dough for transport

January 29, 2019
Graphene in the form of malleable dough could be more economical to store and transport and less prone to combustion.A team at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering made the dough...

GE life sciences kit listed on Clustermarket

January 28, 2019
Scientific equipment sharing and booking platform Clustermarket has signed with GE Healthcare Life Sciences to boost access to specialised life sciences and biotech equipment.The agreement will allow owners of GE...

New AMR strategy revamps drug payment model

January 24, 2019
The UK government has revealed its new action plan for controlling antimicrobial resistance.NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will explore a new payment model...

3D printed implant repairs spinal cords

January 23, 2019
A 3D-printed implant loaded with neural stem cells has been used to repair severe spinal cord injuries in rats.Researchers at the University of California printed 2mm-sized implants in 1.6 seconds....

Oxford drug discovery spin-out secures funding

January 22, 2019
Oxford University biotech spinout OMass Therapeutics has secured £14 million in its Series A funding round.The investment will support OMass’ efforts to develop structural mass spectronomy technology, used to study...

CRISPR reengineered to block other proteins

January 17, 2019
Gene editing tool CRISPR has been repurposed as a gene blocker in order to study antimicrobial resistance.CRISPR is a gene-editing tool that targets DNA of interest and changes the nucleotide...

CERN outlines next-gen circular collider

January 17, 2019
CERN has submitted proposals for the Future Circular Collider (FCC), a particle accelerator 10 times as powerful as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).The four-volume document presents different options for a...

GE Healthcare brings purification tech to Stevenage

January 17, 2019
GE Healthcare has announced a new biotechnology-manufacturing centre in Stevenage.   The centre, based at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Open Innovation Campus, will start producing a fibre-based purification platform in the first half...

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