Life Sciences
15.11.11 The cluster effect: Cambridge innovates for 50 years
Spin out companies from the University of Cambridge are at the heart of the famous Cambridge Cluster, a mix of businesses which has been responsible for world-leading innovation over five decades.
12.07.11 Life-saver : UK at the forefront of vital life sciences breakthroughs
The UK’s life sciences industry continues to make exciting new discoveries with innovative technology
21.06.11 Scientific survey starts mapping the brain’s landscape
Researchers have moved a step closer to being able to create a computer model of the brain after developing a technique to map the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain for the first time.
15.06.11 UK’s science research base is ready for new challenges
Latest developments at two of the UK’s major national research centres will provide greater opportunities to meet scientific challenges of the future, including better healthcare and cleaner energy.
07.06.11 Life-saving device senses early symptoms of heart problems
The inventors of a potentially life-saving device have been awarded funding from the UK health department to drive its introduction to doctors’ surgeries, possibly leading to a reduction in the number of heart attacks and strokes, and of benefit globally.
24.05.11 Building on success of world-leading technology
UK companies are well represented among those that stand behind the world-leading technologies that now spread through our homes, offices, factories and hospitals.
26.04.11 Clusters to Revive UK’s Reputation for Drug Research
Two initiatives linking the pharmaceutical industry, government-funded research and academia are to go ahead, with the aim of reviving the UK’s reputation as a centre for drug research.
10.02.11 Disease breakthrough may boost global potato yield
Researchers in the UK have made a breakthrough that improves resistance to late blight, a devastating fungal disease of potatoes and tomatoes that costs the industry five to six billion pounds a year worldwide.
23.11.10 European business policy – have your say
Submit your views as part of the European Commission’s review of the functioning of the Single Market Act.
08.11.10 UK-China firms announce deals as Business Secretary opens trade talks
Business Secretary Vince Cable opened three days of intensive trade talks between the UK and China in Beijing today, as UK and Chinese firms announced deals that will help to cement a partnership for growth between the two countries.