Articles tagged with "Environment"

Sort by

PacBio system to assist Estonia’s national genome scheme

April 1, 2024
Estonia’s University of Tartu has chosen PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system for the next stage of one of the most ambitious national population genome projects.

Five years beavering bears water for ecologists

April 1, 2024
An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed towards successfully reducing the impact of flooding and drought by storing millions of litres of...

Radio waves offer gentler and more efficient way to alter bacteria DNA

March 3, 2024
Radio waves have been successfully harnessed to provide a less traumatic means to alter the DNA of bacteria cells.

Jellyfish inspire fast forensics fingerprint breakthrough

March 3, 2024
A new water soluble, non-toxic fluorescent spray that renders fingerprints visible in 10 seconds is being pioneered by an Anglo-Chinese university team – with inspiration from jellyfish.

UKSA £7.4 mill funds UK universities’ role in global space race

February 19, 2024
UK Space Agency funding will enable university based scientists to be involved in a raft international missions to the Moon, Mars and Venus.

Surrey makes history with two pinches of salt

February 19, 2024
Scientists at the University of Surrey are claiming a first with their observations on the effects of electrical current caused by combining different salts in liquid.

Report underlines economic returns on public investment in science

February 11, 2024
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-commissioned research estimates that the organisation has supported more than 450 spin-outs that have contributed £5.2 billion to the UK economy over a quarter century.

EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine

January 28, 2024
EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and food without reliance on refrigeration, has won a £1.7 million contract to develop the world's first thermally...

Pin It on Pinterest