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The Surrey Business School at the University of Surrey hosted the first in a series of Academy of Management (AoM) Specialised Conferences entitled 'Big Data and Managing in a Digital Economy'.

By combining engineered polymeric materials known as hydrogels with complex intestinal tissue known as organoids – made from human pluripotent stem cells – researchers have taken an important step toward creating a new technology for controlling the growth of these organoids and using them for treating wounds in the gut that can be caused by disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Manufacturer of UV curing equipment for the printing and coating industries, GEW (EC), in October invested in a fleet of 8 new Toyota Auris hybrid cars for its team of service engineers to provide more efficient and environment-friendly transportation.With a total fleet of over 20 vehicles with a high annual mileage to manage the benefits of changing to hybrid vehicles are significant.

Combining a new hydrogel material with a protein that boosts blood vessel growth could improve the success rate for transplanting insulin-producing islet cells into persons with type 1 diabetes. In an animal model, the technique enhanced the survival rate of transplanted insulin-producing cells, restoring insulin production in response to blood glucose levels and curing these diabetic animals.

Specialising in wireless alarms systems for leisure facilities, Raecom Emergency Alarms has some products which are electrical based but other areas include swimming pools and saunas where the wet environment and safety requirements call for alternative alarm technologies to be used.

Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo led the development of a new extensible wiring technique capable of controlling superconducting quantum bits, representing a significant step towards to the realization of a scalable quantum computer.

Scottish campaigning trade body for the electrotechnical industry, SELECT has re-appointed Eric Rae as its president.Eric, of E. Rae & Son in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, has been influential in SELECT activity in Aberdeen and the North-East for many years. Entering his second year of office, he was elected to the post in back in 2015.

Launched nearly five years ago on 5th August, 2011, from Cape Canaveral, Florida,NASA’s solar-powered spacecraft, ‘Juno’, has crossed the four largest Galilean moons of Jupiter (eponymously named after Galileo Galilei who discovered them in 1609) and has reached its destination; Jupiter. Follow Juno's mission from launch to orbit below.

A team from the University of Leicester has taken pride of place in an international Formula 1 aerodynamics competition. Team Mansell, supervised by Dr. Aldo Rona, senior lecturer in the Department of Engineering, and Professor Ivor Annetts, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Motorsport Aerodynamics, won the inaugural race of the UniFi Motorsport 2015/16 season.

The Antwerp Expo in Belgium will host a major international petrochemical industry event on 18th and 19th November. PEFTEC 2015 will include a comprehensive conference and seminar programme in addition to an exhibition featuring all of the world’s leading organisations involved with analytical testing and monitoring for process control, research and development, environmental monitoring, occupational safety and quality control in the petrol...