Research being undertaken by Aberystwyth University in the role of artificial intelligence in crop breeding has gained a half a million pound boost from the UK Government. The project which is led by scientists at the Institute for Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, explores how AI can select varieties of miscanthus that are best to […]
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The Life Sciences office of Gowling WLG has advised AstraZeneca on its £2.85bn deal with biopharmaceutical company Quell Therapeutics, who were advised by Cooley LLP. Under the agreement, AstraZeneca will pay Quell Therapeutics an upfront payment of $85m, comprising a cash payment and equity investment. The agreement states there will be further payment of up
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Pioneer Group, one of the UK’s largest developers and operators of lab space, has secured planning permission to deliver 54,500 square feet of purpose-built lab space at the company’s Cardiff Edge Science Park development. The space is being delivered as part of a new two-storey building that has been designed for maximum flexibility – meaning
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Genie AI, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology company, has provided an update on the progress made while developing the UK’s first AI first AI Legal Assistant. Genie AI are building proprietary Large Language Models (LLM) which lean on OpenAI’s GPT-4 technology. GPT-4 passed the multiple-choice portion of the Uniform Bar
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Ever Clinic, one of the leading teams in Scotland for aesthetic medicine, has become the first clinic in the country to combine FaceTite technology with its already comprehensive and sector-leading suite of solutions, which include the latest surgical-grade lasers. The game-changing technology uses the power of radio frequency to heat underneath the skin using a fine
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Aquaculture technology specialist, Ace Aquatec, this week launched the portable Humane Stunner Universal (A-HSU) for prawns, following on from successful trials of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) with Neomar, Förde Garnelen and Crusta Nova in Germany. With over 400 billion prawns farmed each year, the global shrimp industry is one of the most prominent sectors in aquaculture. But until recently
ACE AQUATEC EXPANDS ITS CURRENT OFFERING OF WELLFARE FOCUSED TECH DRIVEN PRODUCTS Read More »
Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that 15 new positions have been created at its Livingston facility in Scotland as part of a £2.6 million investment. The investment is a result of a request made to Merck’s Livingston facility to tender for the design, development and commercialisation of a novel diagnostic quality
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The Scottish biotech company (ScotBio) is working with the University of Edinburgh, Robert Gordon University, and the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) to determine how waste molecules from spirulina can be extracted and used for their natural antiviral properties. Extracts from spirulina, the blue-green algae widely consumed as a superfood, could be turned into a
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From Left to Right: Jun Liu, Karen Delgado, Chris Nugent, Thomas Gray & Ruth McGuinness Ulster University are hoping to enhance the reputation of Northern Ireland’s artificial intelligence expertise with the establishment of a new research centre with the backing of one of the province’s largest IT companies. London-listed Kainos is backing the launch of
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EUROPE Hydrogen technologies expert, Logan Energy, is to deliver state-of-the-art hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in Bavaria as part of an agreement with German engineering firm, Kraftanlagen Energies & Services. The Edinburgh-based company will supply and install a hydrogen trailer filling station which incorporates three trailer bays and filling points. The trailers supply refuelling stations for hydrogen-powered
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