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Harwell gets expansion funding

March 27, 2019
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Harwell Science Campus in Oxfordshire has received £110 million in funding from Santander for expansion.   The innovation hub will expand its site by 400,000 square foot, providing tenants with further offices,...
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S-Lab comes to Birmingham next month

March 26, 2019
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Lab support non-profit S-Lab has announced its two-day Birmingham conference, on April 2-3. 'Science, Innovation and Collaboration 2019' will include around 120 breakout sessions and tours, 40 exhibitors and over...
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A plum deal for cancer drug synthesis

March 26, 2019
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Chemical synthesis could be used to replace an ingredient in anti-leukaemia compounds derived from the Asian plum yew.Chemists at Oregon State University patented a method of synthesising cephalotaxine to make...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Silver lining kills superbugs

March 25, 2019
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An silver coating has been found to reduce antimicrobial resistance aboard the International Space Station.AGXX, a silver and ruthenium based antimicrobial coating, was tested on contamination-prone surfaces on the ISS.After...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Construction starts on 4th-gen synchrotron

March 20, 2019
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The first components for the fourth-generation synchrotron light source have been installed in Grenoble, France.The Extremely Brilliant Source (EBS) will boost generated X-ray beams by a factor of 100, allowing...
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Energy, Particle Physics
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2D material improves in space

March 20, 2019
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Materials consisting of a single layer of atoms could be used in space missions due to their resilience to intense levels of radiation.Australian National University scientists exposed of atomically thin...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Materials Science, Physics, Solid State Physics
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Hydrogel harvests water from the air

March 18, 2019
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A new solar powered technology absorbs moisture from the air and returns it as clean water.University of Texas engineers used hydrogels, gel-polymer hybrid materials that act as “super sponges” and...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science
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Twisted Milky Way

March 18, 2019
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3D mapping of the Milky Way galaxy shows that it is not flat but warped and twisted in shape.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Ion channel collaboration

March 18, 2019
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Pharmaceutical Metrion Biosciences Limited and LifeArc, a leading UK medical research charity, have entered into a collaboration agreement for an ion channel drug discovery project in the field of neuroscience.   The...
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LifeSaver adds graphene to filtration devices

March 15, 2019
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The National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester has signed with LifeSaver to develop graphene technology for enhanced water filtration.  The institute has signed an 18-month contract for the research...
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Quantum algorithm reverses qubits

March 14, 2019
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Russian physicists say they have returned the state of a quantum computer to a fraction of a second in the past.Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology scientists used the public...
Physics & Engineering
Computer Science, Quantum Physics
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Investment opportunity from Dstl

March 13, 2019
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Small science companies in the UK could benefit from investment from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory as it seeks supply chain partners for a series of research projects due...
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