Life Sciences & Health

The 2016 Millennium Technology Prize winner, Frances Arnold, reflects on her extraordinary work in the field of directed evolution  In 1859,  Charles Darwin published the theory of natural selection, exploring…Read more ›

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an essential element of life. It is in the air we breathe and plants need it to photosynthesise and grow. Too much CO2 in the air,…Read more ›

Wearable, external exoskeletons make workingin difficult positions easier. Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common reasons for sick leave and early retirement. If work conditions cannot be changed, the exertion…Read more ›

Millennium Technology Prize winners Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman discuss the enormous value of researching without an agenda – and the need to fund it properly The response by…Read more ›

British duo Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman have been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for their development of revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques.Their Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology means…Read more ›

Robert Langer is an American professor credited with the development of delivery systems that allow the administration of drugs to a specific tissue or place in the body. His methods…Read more ›

Shūji Nakamura, an American professor born in Japan, received the Millennium Technology Prize in 2006 for his work in developing LED technology. Thanks to his work, many of the devices…Read more ›

The 2016 Millennium Technology Prize winner Frances Arnold won the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry and is now the third person to have won these two prestigious prizes.Read more ›

American biochemist Frances Arnold was awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for her research on directed evolution in 2016. Arnold has developed a new and quick method for modifying proteins that mimics natural selection in a laboratory setting.Read more ›

The increase in storage capacity enables us to create and store an ever increasing amount of data, and apply big data to a multitude of applications. Big Data refers to the capture, storage and analysis of voluminous sets of unstructured data masses with the help of advanced IT solutions.Read more ›