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FSA funds food innovation

Added: 18 Aug 2015

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is handing out new funding for research into a range of topics f…

Oldbury Power Station

Nuclear defueling nears completion

Added: 17 Aug 2015

Oldbury nuclear power station will be completely defueled by October, the site’s operators have sai…

Cereal drying plant

UK trails in food waste study

Added: 14 Aug 2015

The UK has been named as the worst-performing region in a European study on food waste.

Ed Davey tweet

Fracking to be ‘fast-tracked’

Added: 13 Aug 2015

Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd and communities secretary Greg Clark have today anno…

Kids Schools Skills2

Colleges axing STEM courses

Added: 12 Aug 2015

Science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) courses are being dropped by colleges in the UK, …

A wastewater treatment plant in Oregon.

Wastewater process cleans up C02

Added: 12 Aug 2015

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a wastewater treatment process that …

Honeywell Experion PKS Orion

Honeywell updates Experion LX

Added: 11 Aug 2015

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has rolled out an updated version of Experion LX, its distributed…

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Women “put off” by STEM careers

Added: 11 Aug 2015

Research conducted for British Gas suggests women are overlooking science, technology, engineering …

Pharma

UK pharma boasts export boom

Added: 10 Aug 2015

The UK pharmaceuticals industry has continued to exhibit solid export growth this year, a new surve…

Graphene impression

Graphene given recycling boost

Added: 10 Aug 2015

Engineers at the Graphene Flagship have demonstrated a recyclable technique that yields cost-effect…

Waste water treatment plant

Water industry scores with service

Added: 7 Aug 2015

Water companies enjoy a better reputation with the public than other utilities, according to a rece…

Enel Green Power

Enel boosts geothermal plant with biomass

Added: 6 Aug 2015

Enel Green Power has built the world’s first biomass plant tasked with boosting efficiency of geoth…

Spritam

FDA approves 3D-printed drug

Added: 5 Aug 2015

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broken ground by approving the manufacture of the wor…

Drax

Energy data reveals renewables surge

Added: 4 Aug 2015

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) published its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistic…

Food machine

Food industry feels the pinch

Added: 3 Aug 2015

A recent survey of UK food manufacturers reveals that optimism has slightly cooled since last year,…

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power wide

Hinkley Point C takes "step forward"

Added: 3 Aug 2015

EDF Energy has announced a number of new preferred bidders for its proposed nuclear power station, …

Shell's Ormen Lange gas field in Norway

Jobs cuts sweep through energy sector

Added: 30 Jul 2015

Royal Dutch Shell and Centrica have both revealed plans to cut thousands of jobs in response to cha…

Offshore oil rig

Licence wins to revitalise North Sea

Added: 28 Jul 2015

The Oil and Gas Authority has announced 41 new offshore licences for exploration on the UK Continen…

Elster smart meter

Honeywell buys into 'smart' technology

Added: 28 Jul 2015

Honeywell has announced plans to buy Elster, a supplier of advanced utility metering technologies, …

Sheet metal

Metal flow 'boosts' manufacturing

Added: 28 Jul 2015

Researchers at Purdue University, US have discovered a new type of metal deformation and a way to s…