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Jacobs to support refurbishment of UK nuclear research laboratories

September 25, 2022
US technical consultancy leaders Jacobs has won a £10 million contract to support National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) design and refurbishment projects at several of the organisation’s facilities in the UK.

Revised UKRI award increases PhD minimum by £2k

September 4, 2022
PhD students will benefit from a 10% increase in the previously announced UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) minimum grant for the new academic year.

Liquid platinum catalyst offers sustainable solution for industry

August 26, 2022
Australian scientists say they have found a way to employ platinum as a potentially scalable industrial catalyst, by avoiding the financial and environmental cost of using the metal in its...

Sustainability may impact water security more than economics alone

August 19, 2022
Equality of access among households to water supplies that are clean and plentiful may owe as much or more to sustainable development practices than it does to socioeconomic factors, suggests...

Biopharma lags in harnessing digitalisation suggests report

August 19, 2022
A study of leading UK and Irish firms in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors reveals wide differences in awareness and use of transformational digital technology.

UWS’s third venture aims for fat returns from thin films

August 13, 2022
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is aiming to tap into the country’s reputation as a magnet for spin-out investment, with a new company that aims to revolutionise...

Warning that 1 in 3 adults will lack higher Covid antibody levels by next vaccination round

August 12, 2022
A continued fall in the number of UK adults with higher level Covid antibody levels makes it likely that well over one third will lack this level of protection by...

MDC and ZEISS join forces to catapult complex medicine development

August 12, 2022
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) the not-for-profit organisation established by Innovate UK, has joined forces with the German-based ZEISS to use advanced microscopy solutions to boost drug discovery and complex medicine...

Oxford spin-out MiroBio bought by biopharma leader for £0.3 billion

August 5, 2022
US biopharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has sealed an agreement to purchase the Oxford University spin-out MiroBio in a deal worth an estimated £332 million (USD$405 million).

Fera Science launches £1million laboratory for insect bioconversion in York

August 5, 2022
Agri-food and environmental science services Fera Science Ltd has opened a £1 million specialist insect laboratory at its York Bioscience Campus.

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