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Science park scores a century

January 26, 2015
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Discovery Park in Sandwich have scored a century as it signs its 100th tenant – start-up healthcare technology company Quvium. The company develops and manufactures sensors worn by asthma sufferers,...
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Japan aims for deep impact

January 22, 2015
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The Japanese space agency has launched a mission to return samples collected from deep within an asteroid. The Japanese space agency (JAXA) launched Hayabusa 2 on 3 December from the...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Proton preference makes graphene fuel-cell friendly

January 21, 2015
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New research has shown protons easily penetrate monolayer sheets of graphene making it an attractive material for fuel-cell technology. A team led by Sir Andre Geim, the discoverer of graphene,...
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Materials Science
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Nottingham Trent to expand STEM

January 20, 2015
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Nottingham Trent University is to invest £10.3 million to establish further facilities devoted to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The university will receive £5 million – the maximum bid for...
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Chancellor puts money where mouth is for mission to Mars

January 19, 2015
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In his autumn statement, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has made clear Government’s intention that the UK will play a lead role in Europe's ExoMars mission to Mars. The...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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GSK ups stake in neurodegenerative disease

January 19, 2015
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GSK has added its support to the Open Innovation Challenge in Neurodegenerative Disease. The initiative – launched by Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst and six Academic Health Science Centre Technology Transfer Organisations...
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Designing complex 3D DNA scaffolds

January 15, 2015
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A new computer model allows the design of the most complex 3D DNA shapes by building DNA scaffold and customised synthetic strands of DNA. Biological engineers from at the Massachusetts...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology
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Genomic switches hidden in ‘Loop-ome’

January 14, 2015
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By developing 3D maps of folded genomes scientists have discovered that a structural basis for gene regulation can produce different cell types. A team of researchers at Harvard University have...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Microbiology
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AstraZenica to open up compound library

January 13, 2015
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AstraZenica and Cancer Research UK have signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ allowing CRUK investigators access to drug discovery facilities. As part of the five-year collaboration scientists from Cancer Research UK...
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First Commercial use for PIM

January 12, 2015
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A polymer invented by academics at the University of Manchester has found its first commercial use in a sensor that identifies when filters in industrial respirators must be changed. The...
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Waves – a hidden factor influencing Arctic ice retreat?

January 7, 2015
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The first detailed research on the impact of waves on Arctic sea ice will allow scientists to determine the areas more vulnerable to climate change.Research published in the Proceedings of...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, Oceanography
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Signalling pathway found to reduce brain cancer proliferation

January 7, 2015
News
A common signalling pathway has been found to prevent the formation of specific brain cancers.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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