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Scientists claim research into GM embryos is "essential"
It is "essential" that the genetic modification of human embryos is allowed, says a group of scientists, ethicists and policy experts.
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Automotive & Transport
Students start new industry-guided 'tech-levels'
Students at UK colleges will begin taking a series of new ‘tech-level’ courses designed with the help of industry this week.
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Energy & Environment
Nuclear research facility opened in Sheffield
University of Sheffield has opened a new £3m nuclear research facility, called Materials for Innovative Disposition from Advanced Separations (MIDAS).
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Automotive & TransportBreakthroughs
Fail safe track switch promises improvements in railway safety
Engineers at Loughborough University have developed Repoint, a track switch claimed to eradicate a 200-year-old drawback on the railway.
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Electronics & Communications
Researchers turn clothes into electronic displays
Researchers have demonstrated the world’s first stretchable and comfortable LED display laminated into textiles.
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Opportunities
Number of trees on earth estimated to be three trillion
According to a team from Yale, there are just over three trillion trees on Earth today. The use of a better method for counting the trees beneath the canopy has…
Electronics & Communications
Acer unveils 'building block' computer
Acer has developed a new desktop PC whose parts are designed to be fitted together like building blocks, with a series of connecting pins at the top and bottom of each part allowing them to be stacked together.
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Manufacturing
3D printers can now print gummy bears
A confectionery company based in Birmingham has created the first 3D food printer to reach consumer retail.
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Health
Exercises can help reduce blind spots
It appears that we can expand our visual field using certain exercises, such as staring at patterned dots.
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Electronics & Communications
Engineers use imaging technology to help combat malaria
Engineers from the University of Warwick have been using sophisticated infrared backlighting and cameras to examine protective barriers and insecticides against mosquitoes.
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Energy & Environment
Oil and gas industries are being held back by a lack of STEM graduates
The energy sector, despite being one of the best paid industries to pursue a career in, is facing a shortage of STEM graduates.
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Manufacturing
New LED technology to allow cheaper production
Researchers have discovered a new Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology which could revolutionize the way such lights are produced.
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Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Warship of the future designed by young engineers
A series of futurist concept ideas for a new Royal Navy surface ship has been developed by a group of talented young British scientists and engineers.
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Health
All newborn babies in the UK will now be vaccinated against Meningitis B
A new program has been launched to vaccinate all newborn babies against the deadly disease. The scheme is the first of its kind in the world and has been greeted with acclaim, having been called a ‘massive step forward’.
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Health
New velcro-like scaffold for growing heart tissue
Engineers in Canada have created a new technology that could make it easier to grow artificial heart tissue for repairing damaged hearts.
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Space
Pluto's probe has its next target chosen
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been given a new target to aim for after successfully flying by Pluto, with scientists saying that the next mission should provide ‘new and exciting science’.
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Automotive & Transport
"Gaming drones" controlled by your smartphone to be introduced by the end of the year
The devices will hopefully be shipped to customers for the first time in December, if the German creators reach their funding target from online donations.
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Automotive & Transport
London's low-emission zone fails to improve air quality
Frank Kelly, from King’s College London, says that for the first 3 years the low emission zone was in effect, there has been no change in the capital’s air quality.
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HealthBreakthroughs
Biomedical device clipped to nose developed for soldiers in battle
Cambridge Design Partnership has developed a wearable biomedical device that measures heart rate and respiration, designed to monitor multiple trauma patients in battlefield and disaster situations.
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Health
Start of 3D biomaterials research project
Led by scientists at the University of Nottingham, the £6.5m research project will research the use of 3D biomaterials for a new generation of materials.
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Automotive & TransportOpportunities
Network Rail urges girls to reject stereotypes and go into engineering
A new scheme will offer schoolgirls work experience at Network Rail, who will hold open evenings to introduce females to the rail industry.
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