19 Apr, 2024 M&C in the news: Pond Power: Algae’s role in ending fossil fuels By M&C Newsroom Ahead of Earth Day and World IP Day next week, which is focused on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we are delighted to see the...
15 Apr, 2024 Preliminary approval for new life science campus south of Cambridge By Edward Carter As a resident of Hauxton, I'm excited to see that the South Cambridgeshire District Council have approved a preliminary proposal to build...
12 Apr, 2024 Addressing the Whale in the Room: Sustainable Scents beyond Ambergris By Kate Appleby Every so often I hear an interesting news story about a clued-up beach goer discovering thousands of pounds worth of ambergris washed up...
09 Apr, 2024 Coloured artificial leather invented, with both the leather and the colour created by bacteria By Donald McNab Artificial leather, sometimes referred to as faux or vegan leather is changing. Many artificial leathers are based on artificial polymers...
08 Mar, 2024 What does the budget mean for Liverpool? By Anis Naidu It’s been a massive month for the Liverpool City Region! The announcement of Liverpool's new £450 million vaccine manufacturing hub is a...
29 Feb, 2024 Ban on NGT plant patents - bad idea right? By Gareth Williams Following on from my colleague Georgia's earlier article on the European Parliament's proposals to ban patents for plants obtained by New...
28 Feb, 2024 New EPO study: Patents and innovation against cancer By Jessica Chandler The EPO has recently released a study with interesting insights on the recent trends in protecting cancer technologies worldwide. The...
12 Feb, 2024 Fashion: Dyeing for a change By Mairi Rudkin New York, New York - I’ve found myself here during fashion week in a year where I am glad to see that sustainability has been put front...
23 Jan, 2024 My hovercraft is full of eels By Gareth Williams As a resident of the Island of Eels in the East Anglian Fens, barely a day goes by without seeing some reminder of the former importance...
20 Dec, 2023 Hope for pregnant women as hormonal discovery hints at treatment for morning sickness By Giles Pinnington Morning sickness is something which pregnant women have had to endure for far too long, but a discovery made by an international team of...
08 Dec, 2023 Self-amplifying RNA vaccines By Gareth Williams Nature reports on the first regulatory approval in Japan of a self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccine. The ARCT-154 vaccine includes mRNA...
08 Dec, 2023 50 Technologies to shape the future By Gareth Williams An absolutely fascinating read, this report from Innovate UK sets out technologies which might be expected to disrupt, innovate, and...