February 2010
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UK and India sign deal for solar-cell development
UK minister for business, innovation and skills Pat McFadden and Indian minister for science and technology Prithviraj Chavan announced the new collaboration while chairing the bilateral India-UK Science and Innovation Council in New Delhi.
McFadden said: “As well as helping the UK to meet its 2020 goals, it will complement India’s ambitious plans to deploy 20 [...]
Government publishes UK Marine Science Strategy
The Government has today published a 15 year strategy to deliver world class marine science which will inform decisions on food and energy security, managing the seas sustainably and climate change.
By coordinating marine science across Government, devolved administrations and agencies, the UK will become a world leader in marine environment science and expertise. This partnership [...]
Teamwork Tackles Larger Protein Structures
ABSTRACT: A protein’s shape determines its function, so this molecular geometry is of extreme interest to scientists and drug companies. But it’s no easy task to deduce a protein’s atomic structure. Now a team has found a way to double the size of a protein that a common technique, called nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), can [...]
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