From floating turbines to carbon capture x-rays: UK clean tech research labs gain multi-million pound funding boost

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Government announces £213m funding pot to help upgrade UK science and research facilities up and down the country

UK science laboratories and testing facilities are to receive a total of £213m for equipment upgrades to better support researchers responding to global challenges such as Covid-19 and climate change,...

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