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Computational chemistry software provider Cresset has managed to break into the Chinese market with support from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). To find customers from foreign markets Cresset employed UKTI...

Bacteria in high resolution

March 27, 2015

Scientists have captured the first high resolution X-ray image of living bacteria. A research team from Uppsala University used X-ray diffraction to capture living blue-green bacteria - known as cyanobacteria...

Biological Sciences

Origin of new lineages of human AIDS discovered

March 26, 2015

Two new lineages of the virus which causes AIDS have been found to originate from western lowland gorillas. A research team used viral RNA sequencing techniques and discovered the origins...

Biological Sciences, Immunology, Virology

Funding for quantum engineer training

March 25, 2015

Following the Chancellor’s budget announcement, the government is committing up to £15 million to train the next generation of quantum engineers. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will fund...

Seeing real time bond formation

March 25, 2015

Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry

Researchers have visualised real time bond formation in an entire chemical reaction. Chemists at the Institute for Basic Science for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions in South Korea used X-ray free-electron...

Chemistry

New molecule to slow Parkinson’s

March 23, 2015

Scientists have designed a peptide that can slow down brain cell damage associated with Parkinson disease. A research team at the University of Bath used a peptide that can bind...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry

£40 million for UK synthetic biology

March 23, 2015

The UK will invest £40 million in synthetic biology to investigate bacteria found in fossil fuels as a source of chemicals for everyday products. Business Secretary Vince Cable announced that...

Budget 2015 – what it means for science

March 19, 2015

In this year’s budget, Chancellor George Osborne pledged over £240 million of extra money for science and innovation and detailed how previously announced – unallocated – funds will be spent.The...

Policy

Neural signals of location recall

March 19, 2015

Have you ever wondered how you know and remember routes that you’ve walked? Scientists have now tracked previously unrecorded brain signals associated with remembering locations.A research team at Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum (RUB)...

Biological Sciences, Neuroscience

“Future economic success depends on future scientific success”

March 18, 2015

This year’s budget – the last of the current government – has seen Chancellor George Osborne announce several changes in the areas of research funding, scientific institute freedoms, and postgraduate...

Policy

Sophisticated laboratories and office space opened

March 16, 2015

New molecular biology laboratories and office space for growing biotechnology businesses, named the Bennet Building, were formally opened at the Babraham Research Campus. The building is part of a £44...

Compound in grapes prevents memory loss

March 16, 2015

An antioxidant in grapes and peanuts may help prevent age-related decline in memory. A team at Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine applied spatial learning and...