Newcastle University has won funding for a new centre aimed at creating "scientists needed for Britain's future". The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - the UK funding body for science and engineering - awarded the money last week.
The new £20m training centre for Biopharmaceutical Process Development at Newcastle University will be dedicated to fine-tuning drug development - getting new drugs to patients safely, quickly and efficiently.
A groundbreaking discovery by Newcastle University students could help tackle disease in the developing world.Medical and computing science students have been working together to design a bacterium that glows red if pathogens are present and green in the presence of…
A new bioscience project which hopes to help with the diagnosis and monitoring of disease is being launched in the North East today.NEPAF (the North East Proteome Analysis Facility) will work with research and development groups and healthcare companies in…
An innovative £100m programme to research and develop low carbon vehicles was launched yesterday by local and national Government.John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, launched the Low Carbon Vehicle Integrated Regional Delivery Programme with One North…
bdaily's unplanned ‘science lesson week' continues, this time with the UK's science skills council weighing in on the country's lack of important science and technology knowledgeThis week sees the launch of Cogent Sector Skills Council's latest Research Report, Skills for…
Science really is the big topic this week, with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland dominating the headlines across the world. However, scientists in the North East are attempting to beat the "Big Bang" project at its own…
