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Single women having IVF triples in a decade but NHS funding remains limited, regulator says | UK News
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The number of female same-sex couples having IVF has doubled over the last decade and more than tripled among single women, according to the fertility regulator. Figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) show those two groups also had the highest success rates. Between 2012 and 2022 across the UK, the proportion of…
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COP29 strikes last ditch deal on funding for climate measures in vulnerable countries | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The COP29 climate talks have reached a last ditch deal on cash for developing countries, pulling the summit back from the brink of collapse after a group of countries stormed out of a negotiating room earlier. The slew of deals finally signed off in the small hours of Sunday morning in Azerbaijan includes one that…
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Climate-vulnerable islands storm out of COP29 negotiation room in row over funding | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Representatives of dozens of climate vulnerable islands and African nations have stormed out of high-stakes negotiations over a climate funding goal. Patience is wearing thin and negotiations have boiled over at the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan, which were due to finish yesterday but are now well into overtime. After two weeks of talks, the…
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Labour pulls £1.3bn funding for ultra-fast supercomputer and AI projects | Business News
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Labour has pulled £1.3bn of investment in tech and AI projects promised by the Tories. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said the funding committed by the previous Conservative administration was not allocated in its budget and so will not proceed. It included £800m for the creation of a next-generation exascale supercomputer at…
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Grocery delivery app Getir races to finalise funding amid sector shakedown | Business News
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Getir, the grocery delivery app which is one of the biggest operators in Britain, is racing to finalise a major fundraising that it hopes will dispel intensifying rumours about its solvency. Sky News has learnt that Getir, which is based in Turkey, is working with investors to announce a funding round by the end of…
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Underground mapping platform Delta g surfaces with £1.5m funding boost | Business News
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A start-up which uses technology to map complicated sub-surface and unseen locations to help major infrastructure projects save time and money is raising a seven-figure sum to accelerate the supply of its quantum sensors. Sky News understands that Delta g, which was spun out of the University of Birmingham, will announce on Friday that it…
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British projects given tens of millions in funding to develop ‘safe and trustworthy’ AI | Science & Tech News
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British projects dedicated to developing safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence have been given tens of millions of pounds in public funding. The investment by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the national funding agency for science and technology, was revealed at London Tech Week. Most of the money has been awarded to Responsible AI, a group…
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UK universities and tech companies win £4.3m funding to develop space-based solar power | Climate News
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British tech companies and universities are to receive millions of pounds of investment to develop new technology that generates solar power from space. The rapidly emerging technology collects energy from the sun using solar panels attached to satellites, which then beam it back to Earth using wireless technology. Generating power from space has huge potential…
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Rolls-Royce gets funding for moon base nuclear reactor | Science & Tech News
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Rolls-Royce has received funding to build a nuclear reactor for a base on the moon. It might sound like the setup of a James Bond film, but is in fact part of a very real-world project that aims to see humans living and working on the lunar surface. The UK Space Agency has given Rolls-Royce…
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UK at risk of ‘brain drain’ as scientists leave Britain to avoid losing EU research funding | UK News
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A total of 22 UK-based scientists have now decided to leave Britain rather than lose their EU research funding, as uncertainty continues around the future of Research and Development (R&D) support post-Brexit. Scientists and engineers have told Sky News the UK’s position as a world leader in research is at risk from “significant brain drain”…