Valuable information
Hospitals, pharmacies and healthcare providers are now realising the benefit of data to protect patient safety. Consequently, pharmaceutical manufacturers are under pressure to provide greater levels of granular information on products than current legislation requires.
eTextiles: The future
A shirt that can track a person’s heart rate, a shoe that can measure gait – the integration of electronic components with textiles to form e-textiles has been a significant research interest for several years.
Inspiring women in science
Statistics show that less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women and only 12% of members of national science academies are women. Leadership roles in the scientific industry, meanwhile, have historically been dominated by men and this continues to be a trend.