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Can Science Feed Africa?

July 4, 2008
A new £2.8 million study will bring together researchers from medicine, plant science, ecology, social policy and the environment to focus on preventing future food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Stem cell breakthrough closes gap between mouse and human studies

July 2, 2008
Scientists have shown for the first time that embryonic stem cells are able to self-renew without the natural chemicals that scientists have so far used to maintain them and grow...

Science gets in the festival spirit

July 2, 2008
For all those that didn’t make this years Cheltenham Science Festival, our girl on the ground Leila Sattary gives us the catch-up.

New skills plan for UK biosciences

June 27, 2008
The UK’s first skills plan for bioscience has been launched mapping out exactly what skills bioscience employers need to be more productive and competitive, and how these skills will be...

Men and chocolate – both have a grey old time

June 27, 2008
Greying with age isn’t always a bad thing – both men and chocolate may lose their looks over a number of years but arguably this does not detract from their...

Space penetrator a smashing success

June 27, 2008
Scientists have been smashing their instruments into the Welsh countryside in preparation for future planetary space missions.

Dissolving glass stimulates bone growth

June 27, 2008
Scientists from Imperial College London are developing a new form of glass, which can dissolve inside the body releasing calcium stimulating bone growth.

Collaboration extends cancer research tools

June 25, 2008
Cambridge Enterprise portfolio company Horizon Discovery is to link custom cell biology assays from contract researchers Hypoxium with its proprietary isogenic cell lines to offer a new range of services...

Sticky patents licenced from MOD

June 23, 2008
Archimedes Development has licensed a portfolio of patents from Ploughshare Innovations - the technology transfer arm of the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

Protein interaction explains life’s complexity

June 20, 2008
The complexity of an organism lies in the number of protein interactions in its body rather than the number of genes – and now a team of scientists have found...

Laser fusion a step closer

June 18, 2008
Scientists are one step closer to fusion power thanks to work at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory that heated significant volumes of solid matter to temperatures of 10 million degrees Kelvin

Diamond shines in first real test

June 17, 2008
Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have been the first to use the Diamond Light Source’s new test beamline.

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