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2017 Eppendorf Awards open

October 6, 2016
Entries are being welcomed for the 2017 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators.

Industrial Fellowships for promising researchers

October 5, 2016
The Royal Commission of the Exhibition of 1851 has awarded 10 early-career engineers and scientists £80,000 each to fund potential profitable technologies.

World’s smallest machines scoop Chemistry Nobel

October 5, 2016
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for their design and production of molecular machines.The collective work of Sauvage (University of Strasbourg,...

Topological research wins 2016 Nobel Physics Prize

October 4, 2016
The 2016 Nobel Physics Prize has been won by three of British scientists.

US scientists observe chemical reaction for the first time

October 4, 2016
Scientists have used a specific type of X-ray to study a never-seen-before chemical reaction.

Satellite repositioned for better weather tracking

October 4, 2016
A new satellite has been manoeuvred to better observe weather and climate over the Indian Ocean.

Cell digestion research wins 2016 Nobel Prize

October 3, 2016
Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology for his work on autophagy — the degradation and recycling of cellular components.

Habitat preservation crucial for turtle and tortoise survival

October 3, 2016
The survival of turtles and tortoises is more dependent on habitat degradation than rising global temperatures, according to University of Bristol researchers.

UCL signs Ophthalmology MoU

September 30, 2016
UCL and Santen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on ophthalmic research and education.

Golden age of galaxies explored by scientists

September 29, 2016
New data has been used to better understand how star formation in younger galaxies is linked to their total stellar mass by astronomers from Edinburgh University.

Library of pharma compounds open for researchers

September 28, 2016
In conjunction with the Medical Research Council, six global drug companies have released 47 deprioritised pharmaceutical compounds for scientists.

New sensor technology accelerates blood analysis

September 27, 2016
Scientists in York have developed a sensor capable of detecting multiple proteins and enzymes in smaller blood samples. The biosensor consists of small nanosized devices that resonate at a specific...

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