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Articles tagged with: science
The case for public funding of astronauts weakens as robots improve
Technology
By Lord Rees of Ludlow
The case for public funding of astronauts weakens as robots improve
I’m old enough to remember the Apollo program – and Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” in 1969, just 12 years after the first Sputnik and eight years after Yuri Gagarin’s flight. I remember thinking, naively, that it might be only another decade or two before there were footprints on Mars.
Cross-Party MPs Urge Home Office to Abolish Forced Swim Test On Animals
Home affairs
Cross-Party MPs Urge Home Office to Abolish Forced Swim Test On Animals
A group of cross-party MPs have called on the government to ban the use of forced swim tests on animals, with animal rights group PETA calling the practice “outrageously crude and cruel”.
Boris Johnson Was 'Bamboozled' By Scientific Advice During Covid Pandemic
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson Was "Bamboozled" By Scientific Advice During Covid Pandemic
Former prime minister Boris Johnson was "bamboozled" by much of the scientific advice given during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the government's top scientific adviser.
Exploring a Catapult legacy with Stuart Martin Partner content
Economy
By Catapult Network
Exploring a Catapult legacy with Stuart Martin
We sat down with Stuart Martin, CEO of Satellite Applications Catapult and founding member of the Catapult network, to talk about the mark he’s left on the UK space sector and the evolving mission of Catapults over his 10-years at the helm.
Economy
By Catapult Network
LISTEN: Breaking down barriers: how do we harness a digital future?
The Catapult Network's Supercharging Innovation Podcast is back for a second season.
Helping to drive the UK’s science superpower status through innovation Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Helping to drive the UK’s science superpower status through innovation
A new platform has been unveiled to bring revolutionary total-body PET imaging infrastructure and intelligence to the UK.
Partner content
Economy
By Policy@Manchester
Science policy is ‘anti-regional’ - innovation professor tells Conservative conference
A University of Manchester innovation expert has told a fringe meeting at Conservative Party conference that there is a “mismatch” between public and private sector spending on research and development.
Britain can be a major player in the new technological revolution
Technology
By Greg Clark MP
Britain can be a major player in the new technological revolution
We are living through perhaps the most extraordinary time for scientific and technological innovation since the first industrial revolution.
The George Freeman interview: 'It would be extraordinary' if a deal on Horizon can't be negotiated
Technology
By Sophie Church
The George Freeman interview: "It would be extraordinary" if a deal on Horizon can't be negotiated
George Freeman says that the UK is not yet a science superpower. But by collaborating with the EU and embracing artificial intelligence, the minister for science, innovation and technology is striving to meet this ambition. He tells Sophie Church that the UK must play to its strengths to succeed. Photography by Jack Lawson
Partner content
Economy
By Policy@Manchester
Not immaterial: Why the UK must play to its strengths in quantum technology
The UK Science and Technology Framework has recently been announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, with Quantum Technologies (QTs) identified as one of five critical technologies. But what is needed to realise this vision – and should the UK invest everywhere, or target its areas of expertise? Professor Richard Curry, from The University of Manchester, outlines how the country can take a leading role in materials for quantum technology, and how government can make this goal a reality.
MPs Warn Against 'Sleepwalking' Into AI Danger Without Rapid Regulation
Technology
MPs Warn Against "Sleepwalking" Into AI Danger Without Rapid Regulation
Conservative and Labour MPs have called on the government to “act now” on regulating rapidly advancing AI technology, as a new think tank report recommends the UK establishes itself as a leader in the "global AI race".
How can the UK turbocharge its ambition to be a science and technology superpower? Partner content
Economy
By Pragmatic Semiconductor
How can the UK turbocharge its ambition to be a science and technology superpower?
Pragmatic is a UK based manufacturer of innovative flexible semiconductors. As the only manufacturer globally of flexible chips, Pragmatic's technology provides the opportunity for the UK to become a world leader in a critical sector. Today, the company publishes a report into "How can the UK turbocharge its ambition to be a science and technology superpower?"
Sustaining Skills to Supercharge the UK Life Sciences Sector Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Sustaining Skills to Supercharge the UK Life Sciences Sector
The UK will only achieve the goal of becoming a science and technology superpower if there is a strong pipeline of talent to fast track growth.
Innovation is the key to ‘Shaping Future Skills’, say Catapult Network and partners at South Wales event Partner content
Economy
By Catapult Network
Innovation is the key to ‘Shaping Future Skills’, say Catapult Network and partners at South Wales event
The Catapult Network lends its weight to the challenge of transforming the availability of key skills within the UK in key areas of technological growth.
Why science, innovation and technology must be at the heart of the UK’s plan for growth Partner content
Economy
By Catapult Network
Why science, innovation and technology must be at the heart of the UK’s plan for growth
New Chair of the Catapult Network, Katherine Bennett CBE, explains how joint collaboration between industry and Government can deliver on the UK's growth ambitions.
Can Britain’s Farmers Save the Planet? How Science and Technology is Transforming UK Agriculture Partner content
Environment
By UPL
Can Britain’s Farmers Save the Planet? How Science and Technology is Transforming UK Agriculture
The UK’s agricultural sector is essential for the nation’s food security, but traditional ways of working contribute to carbon emissions and impact on biodiversity. A recent parliamentary reception, hosted by UPL, heard how the nation’s farmers are embracing new technologies that can transform British farming into one of the most progressive, resilient, and sustainable examples in the world today.
Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Alchemab Therapeutics and Medicines Discovery Catapult Awarded £1.7 Million Grant From Innovate UK to Accelerate Development of Disease-Modifying Therapy for Huntington’s Disease
Company plans to triage a panel of antibodies towards first in human studies.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET comments on GCSE results
Scientific Britannia - how can Britain become a science and tech powerhouse?
Economy
By Tom Hunter, Political Consultant
Scientific Britannia - how can Britain become a science and tech powerhouse?
The government has been clear in its aim to turn Britain into a science and technology powerhouse. But in a difficult climate for public spending, can it hope to do so? Tom Hunter from Dods Political Intelligence looks at the plans.
A stunning start to a scientific ocean-going quest Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
A stunning start to a scientific ocean-going quest
Scientists from the University of Portsmouth were in London on Sunday (12 June) for the start of a unique piece of research; an epic rowing adventure around the British coastline.
The powerful network ready to help the UK realise its true potential Partner content
Economy
By Catapult Network
The powerful network ready to help the UK realise its true potential
From levelling up to reaching net zero, the UK has big ideas and grand plans – but in the midst of a war in Ukraine, a growing labour shortage, a booming rise in cost of living and with the pandemic and Brexit still influencing public spending the question is: can it achieve its ambitions? Matthew Durdy explains why the Catapult Network could hold many of the answers.
Partner content
Economy
By Catapult Network
The House of Lords debates the Catapult Network's role and future
On 19 May the House of Lords debated the report from the Science and Technology Committee: Catapults: bridging the gap between research and industry.
MP visit to discuss plastic pollution solutions Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
MP visit to discuss plastic pollution solutions
Jo Churchill MP met with the team behind the recently announced Global Plastic Policy Centre and discussed the challenges and opportunities in tackling the global plastic pollution crisis.
TEPCO visit to new robotics centre Partner content
Economy
By Sellafield Ltd
TEPCO visit to new robotics centre
Sellafield Ltd this week hosted representatives from TEPCO – the company in charge of decommissioning the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear site in Japan – to West Cumbria to view the Sellafield site and the new robotics facility in Whitehaven.