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Chemical fingerprinting is being used to combat food fraud

China assumes lead in science and tech research paper output

Added: 25 Jan 2018

China has overtaken the USA as the world’s leading producer of scientific and technological researc…

Sheffield AMRC testing gets ex-builder’s revolutionary aid to market

Added: 24 Jan 2018

Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has enabled a retired builder to get his re…

Severn Trent engineer beats off hundreds to win Apprentice of the Year

Added: 19 Jan 2018

Trainee engineer Heeran Basi is celebrating after defeating hundreds of other entrants to win one o…

Court win as water company cracks down on ‘fatberg’ culprits

Added: 18 Jan 2018

Tougher responses from water companies to businesses responsible for blocking sewers with fat, oil …

BBI’s purchase of Maine Biotechnology Services adds 80 antibodies to portfolio

Added: 17 Jan 2018

Cardiff-based BBI Solutions has added more than 80 antibodies to its product portfolio following th…

UKOOG's Cronin criticises ‘flawed’ Manchester shale claims

Added: 16 Jan 2018

UK Onshore Oil and Gas chief executive Ken Cronin has taken issue with a University of Manchester r…

Award-winning apprentice Oliver lifts the lid on £137k savings for bin firm

Added: 16 Jan 2018

University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre apprentice Oliver Marsh has scooped a major industry a…

UK manufacturing fails to train for global Industry 4.0 race, says report

Added: 16 Jan 2018

British manufacturing is failing to ensure its engineers are fully trained for the advent of Indust…

Liam Fox to headline at EEF conference with Brexit speech

Added: 15 Jan 2018

Liam Fox will be the keynote political speaker at the this year’s EEF National Manufacturing Confer…

The purity of aviation fuel can be determined via a viscosity measurement

Carillion collapse hits engineering jobs and apprenticeships

Added: 15 Jan 2018

A total of nearly 20,000 jobs, including many in the engineering sector, will be affected by the ne…

Nuclear

NIA gives thumbs up to government's Euratom pledges

Added: 11 Jan 2018

The Nuclear Industry Association has welcomed the government’s statement on Euratom delivered by mi…

National Apprenticeship Week

One in five UK engineers to quit by 2026 warns report

Added: 11 Jan 2018

The number of engineers in the UK workforce has grown 9% in seven years but this will be offset by …

Research

Pfizer cuts neuroscience research into Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

Added: 11 Jan 2018

Drug giant Pfizer’s announcement that it will withdraw from neuroscience research into products aim…

BPMA calls for protection for Britain’s £0.5 billion-worth of EU pump exports

Added: 9 Jan 2018

The British Pump Manufacturers Association has added its voice to industry leaders demanding barrie…

Offshore wind farm at dusk

UK to lose lead role in offshore wind energy to China

Added: 9 Jan 2018

The UK’s dominant role in offshore wind energy production will be overtaken by China within four ye…

Emerson wins top IIoT accolade

Added: 8 Jan 2018

Emerson has won Industrial IoT Company of the Year at the 2018 IoT Breakthrough Awards in recogniti…

GMB dismay over Colman’s planned Norwich closure

Added: 5 Jan 2018

Union leaders have responded with dismay to the news that Norwich’s Colman’s factory is to be close…

coal

Coking-resistant catalyst fuels shale gas conversion method

Added: 5 Jan 2018

Researchers at University College London (UCL) and Tufts University have developed an alloy catalys…

Aquabio's Dutch deal extends AD services

Added: 2 Jan 2018

Water recycling pioneer Aquabio has signed an agreement with Dutch firm Econvert Water and Energy B…

A wastewater treatment plant in Oregon.

Hidrostal opts for AxFlow for UK process industry distribution

Added: 2 Jan 2018

Hidrostal has signalled its plans for a renewed sales activity in the process and industrial sector…