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Unite announces Sellafield strike action as pay dispute rumbles on

Added: 6 Oct 2017

Sellafield nuclear site’s 1,100 Unite union members have announced plans to strike over an ongoing …

Antibiotics

Quantum dots trigger antibiotic treatment boost, research finds

Added: 5 Oct 2017

Research by the University of Colorado at Boulder suggests light-activated nanoparticles could be u…

UKOOG: ‘Scottish Government fracking ban harms economy and environment’

Added: 3 Oct 2017

The chief executive of trade body UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) has condemned the Scottish Governm…

IET unveils apprenticeship and Forces awards shortlist

Added: 2 Oct 2017

An army sergeant whose innovative airplane runway achieved cost savings of 80% and an apprentice wh…

SHALE

Filter removes almost all bacteria from contaminated water, research suggests

Added: 28 Sep 2017

A filter developed by researchers at Swansea University is designed to remove more than 90% of hydr…

Oil storage firm fined £100k after chemical explosion

Added: 26 Sep 2017

Oil storage firm ESL Fuels has been fined £100,000 after contractors cut into a sealed pipe causing…

CCS

Half of British public would support coal plants with CCS, survey finds

Added: 25 Sep 2017

Half of the British public would support the construction of new coal and gas-fired power plants if…

ABB

ABB buys GE Industrial Solutions for $2.6 billion

Added: 25 Sep 2017

Engineering giant ABB has acquired GE Industrial Solutions for $2.6 billion (£1.92bn), thereby stre…

Tata Steel

Unions ‘cautiously welcome’ Tata Steel merger but demand assurances for staff

Added: 20 Sep 2017

UK trade unions have “cautiously welcomed” the planned merger between Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp, …

French environmental testing group buys PARC laboratory

Added: 20 Sep 2017

UK environmental testing laboratory PARC Ltd (Product Assessment and Reliability Centre) has been b…

Stamps honour legendary safety engineer John C Taylor’s inventions

Added: 19 Sep 2017

The inventor of the kettle switch used a billion times a day worldwide has been honoured with a ser…

Labrador secures £1m investment for smart energy device

Added: 19 Sep 2017

Smart energy company Labrador has announced it has raised in excess of £1 million from more than 30…

Sheffield Uni AMRC deal creates manufacturing centre in Oman

Added: 19 Sep 2017

The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has launched a project with Om…

Dunlin A platform

Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler to merge following CMA approval

Added: 13 Sep 2017

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved plans for Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheel…

Sellafield nuclear facility

Sellafield GMB members set strike date for 27 September

Added: 12 Sep 2017

Sellafield nuclear site's 3,000 GMB union members have announced their 24 hour strike action will b…

Ian Kenyon

UK Research and Innovation hires CFO to help deliver UK industrial strategy

Added: 10 Sep 2017

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has appointed Ian Kenyon to the newly created role of chief finan…

air

Machine learning mobile microscope measures air quality

Added: 10 Sep 2017

Researchers at UCLA have developed what they say is a cost-effective mobile microscope designed to …

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Science collaboration with EU ‘crucial’ after Brexit, says David Davis

Added: 6 Sep 2017

Brexit secretary David Davis said it is “crucial” the UK collaborates with its European partners on…

‘Milestone’ certification of first AM-produced part for oil and gas sector

Added: 6 Sep 2017

Lloyd’s Register has certified the first part to be produced through additive manufacturing for the…

Sellafield nuclear facility

GMB members vote for Sellafield strike action

Added: 4 Sep 2017

More than three quarters of GMB members employed at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria have vot…