The view from Westminster - Political roundup
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Biometric information is under scrutiny once more.
Source: scenta
Date Published: May 16, 2008

10 million degrees in the shade
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STFC Rutherford cranks up the petawatt laser.
Source: scenta
Date Published: May 16, 2008

Biospace
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Airbus announces biofuel agreement.
Source: scenta
Date Published: May 16, 2008

Up your street
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Google maps raise European privacy concerns.
Source: scenta
Date Published: May 16, 2008

Living in a materials world
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MIT engineers pioneer high efficiency fuel cell materials.
Source: scenta
Date Published: May 16, 2008

WISH on science prize
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Senior scientist at STFC's ISIS neutron source has won the Physical Crystallography Prize for the best work by a young scientist in the field.
Source: The Engineer
Date Published: May 16, 2008

Tyco sells M/A-COM for $425m
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Tyco Electronics has entered into an agreement to sell M/A-COM, its radio frequency components and subsystem business to Cobham Defense Electronic Systems, a subsidiary of Cobham, for $425m in cash.
Source: The Engineer
Date Published: May 16, 2008

Tracking the NHS
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The Location and Timing Knowledge Transfer Network, the Mobile Data Association and the Royal National Institute of Blind People gathered recently to discuss how technology impacts healthcare and assisted living.
Source: The Engineer
Date Published: May 16, 2008

Touch Bionics expands in US
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Touch Bionics has acquired the operations of LIVINGSKIN, the US developer of lifelike prosthetic skin that Touch Bionics supplies with its i-LIMB multi-articulating bionic hand.
Source: The Engineer
Date Published: May 16, 2008

Tipping towards manufacturing
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Economist David Smith believes that the crisis in the financial services sector and the fall in the value of the pound could lead to a long awaited rebalancing of the economy.
Source: The Engineer
Date Published: May 16, 2008