SpaceX launch for British climate satellite programme
BRITISH Earth-observation company Satellite Vu has signed another SpaceX launch contract for further thermal data collection.
Its mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imaging satellite will be launched...
More investments and surveillance needed to curb misuse of antimicrobials in...
Addressing the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) challenge requires a stronger collaborative effort across sectors
New York, 21 September 2017 - A stronger global effort, including larger investments...
Mutant enzyme can break down PET plastic in matter of hours
SCIENTISTS have developed a bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling — within hours.
The “mutant” enzyme, engineered after being found in a...
Media and emissions link: new ground broken
SINCE 2019, communications company dentsu has been working with the University of Bristol, the BBC, Sky, Netflix and ITV to calculate the greenhouse gas...
Masayoshi Son: Great Business Visionary, or Deluded Dreamer?
He’s won, lost, then won a fortune again. Now he has amassed the gigantic ‘Vision Fund’ from which to spread investment around the world’s...
Early cancer-detection tech secures £2.4m funding boost
TECH to improve the early detection of cancer has received a significant boost with a funding deal to support further development.
Glasgow-based ClinSpec Diagnostics Limited...
Microbes making cleaner jet fuel a reality as history meets science
Innovators in the fields of fuel, steel and aviation reveal how a low-carbon aviation fuel made with steel process gases could revolutionise air travel....
If you want to get ahead, freeze your brain — for...
Cryogenics takes a giant step sideways with glassy grey matter and voluntary, um, suicide
By HAL WILLIAMS
NOW here’s a variation on control+alt+delete: get dead and...
AI and machine learning bolster pharma data-analysis
A SPECIALIST in social intelligence for the pharmaceutical industry has developed a systematic way of measuring patients’ experience of taking medicines.
Glasgow-based Talking Medicines was...
Scope 4 emissions: Are they relevant to your business?
By LAURA BOWLER and SHANE HUGHES
SUSTAINABILITY and emissions reporting has become an expected business practice.
The newly formed International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) recently published...