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New biomaterials can be ‘fine-tuned’ for medical applications
Researchers in the UK and the United States have succeeded in ‘fine tuning’ a new thermoplastic biomaterial to enable both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently. The material, a type of polyester, has...
Innovators, researchers and experts are turning the ageing process into commercial opportunity in the heart of Newcastle
As its name suggests, The Catalyst – based in the £350 million Helix development, the site of the old Scottish & Newcastle Brewery base in the Gallowgate area of the city – is a melting pot for the sharpest brains in business, innovation and commercialisation...
First tenants sign up to ESA innovation hub at £100m Space Park Leicester
The first start-up has signed up to a new innovation hub at the £100 million Space Park Leicester. Dr Nkeiruka Nneti Onyia, who has a PhD from the University of Leicester, and Lensa Etefa Jotte, a PhD researcher at the university, have formed LENKÉ Space and Water...
Leeds’ digital and tech sector set to boost city’s economic recovery in 2021
Leeds’ digital and tech sector continues to thrive, demonstrating its important role in the city’s post-pandemic economic recovery, as Bruntwood SciTech (the joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General) announces four fast-growth companies relocating to...
Knowledge Quarter Liverpool reveals new community referral scheme
Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool) has launched KQ Reward, a community referral scheme providing tiered rewards for successful introductions of new customers to KQ Liverpool. Already home to over 100 dynamic technology, science and digital focused businesses,...
UKSPA Executive Director reflects on the past year and the opportunities ahead
It would be a massive understatement to describe 2020 as "challenging" - it was a year that affected all of us in so many ways. I do hope that you and your family, as well as your colleagues, start the year in good health. For UKSPA, 2020 started positively...
The role of the Regional Growth Fund and the development of Sci-Tech Daresbury
When the Government invested £7.36m of its Regional Growth Fund (RGF) into Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus in 2010, then Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts said it would: “not only strengthen the science base at the campus, it will...
New COVID-19 RNA test gives accurate results within minutes
University of Birmingham researchers have invented a COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to under five, and delivers accurate results. The method is described in a preprint paper (yet to be peer-reviewed) published on MedRxiv, where the...
Dr Sally Ann Forsyth CEO Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Awarded OBE for Services to Business and Science
Dr Sally Ann Forsyth, CEO of Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (SBC), thanks her colleagues and collaborators after being honoured in the 2021 New Year Honours list. Sally Ann has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to business...
Celebrating 10 years of MIRA Technology Park
MIRA Technology Park (MTP), Europe’s leading mobility R&D location, is celebrating a decade in business after launching in 2011 The vision for MIRA Technology Park was ambitious; become a national centre of excellence for UK automotive development, bringing...
Biotech cleaning product succeeds with R&D Tax Credits
Juggling multiple Research and Development projects can significantly stretch any company’s resources, putting cashflow under significant pressure. This was the situation faced by a leading biotech company when it sought to innovate its cleaning product range.Access...
Shinfield Studios deal brings Hollywood to Reading
The University of Reading has entered into an agreement with affiliates of Commonwealth Real Estate LP, a film studios investor based in Los Angeles, for a long lease of land at the University’s Thames Valley Science Park campus, Berkshire, which will see the...
Work begins on new £21m specialist workplace for science and technology businesses in Manchester
The £21m, 91,000 sq ft redevelopment of Base at Manchester Science Park is now underway; marking another significant milestone in the evolution of the masterplan for the Park, as the city’s Oxford Road Corridor innovation district takes another step forward. The...
Sygnature Discovery invests £3m to expand high-throughput screening and translational oncology capabilities
Sygnature Discovery, a leading independent integrated drug discovery and pre-clinical contract research organization, is strengthening its high-throughput screening (HTS) and translational oncology service-offerings by investing £3 million in new instrumentation and...
Hot flushes may become a thing of the past, as Astinno wins East Midlands AHSN Accelerator
On 25 November, five pioneering life science start-ups pitched to a panel of investors as they completed the final part of their journey on the East Midlands AHSN Accelerator, delivered by BioCity. The panel were blown away by the pitches from the entrepreneurs, with...