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Ocean conservation requires new Hippocratic Oath

May 23, 2017
An international group of marine scientists have called for a Hippocratic Oath to protect the oceans, similar to that which doctors take before practising medicine. The scientists say this oath...

Boost for graduates seeking upskilling

May 22, 2017
The Science Council is offering new resources to help science students on their placement years. The Council’s Working Towards Registered Scientist (RSci) programme will assist graduates from university science courses...

European data accelerator launched

May 19, 2017
A new European-funded project aims to bring together businesses and start-ups to meet current data challenges faced. The project, Data Pitch, will provide up to 50 European start-ups and SME’s...

Battery and self-driving vehicle research to begin in Warwick

May 18, 2017
The government have announced a wave of funding for both high energy battery research and an autonomous vehicle research project at the University of Warwick. The BMW group will lead...

Breakthrough in transistor production could revolutionise electronics

May 15, 2017
Researchers in Dublin have created nanometre-thick film transistors entirely of two-dimensional nanomaterials, opening up a wide array of potential future applications.  Using standard electronic printing techniques, graphene flakes were combined...

Carbon capture and storage project receives boost

May 12, 2017
The University of Sheffield has secured funding of more than £6m to develop its carbon and storage research for another five years.

Protein storage and transportation breakthrough

May 11, 2017
Researchers from the Universities of Bath and Newcastle have created a new method to ensure vaccines can be stored and transported without refrigeration.

Protein enables scientists to convert skin to blood vessels

May 10, 2017
A molecular switch has been identified that converts skin cells into cells found in blood vessels, raising hopes of aiding heart disease sufferers.

Pac-Man like CRISPR enzymes discovered

May 9, 2017
New CRISPR enzymes have been found that could be used as sensitive detectors for infectious viruses.

New non-animal toxicity test

May 9, 2017
Researchers in Sweden have developed a method to reduce the need for animals in toxicological testing.

‘Normal’ galaxy excites astronomers

May 8, 2017
Astronomers in California have discovered one of the most distant galaxies in the universe – and noticed there is nothing particularly spectacular about it.

New Centre to boost UK life science growth

May 5, 2017
The University of Leicester is aiming to drive biomedical innovation with the first UK life sciences opportunities zone.

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