New chancellor scraps PM’s growth plan measures

New chancellor scraps PM’s growth plan measures
Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt addresses the TV cameras

Prime minister Liz Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday and appointed Jeremy Hunt as chancellor instead. The switch came after Kwarteng’s 23rd September mini-budget statement – implementing measures for which Truss had stood in her leadership campaign – caused the exact economic turmoil that her rival Rishi Sunak had

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Call to check PPE as substandard products hit market

Call to check PPE as substandard products hit market

Construction companies are being urged to follow a simple process to check for substandard PPE, amid growing evidence that equipment that isn’t fit for purpose is reaching the UK market.

The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) says substandard products became even more apparent during the covid pandemic, when people with little experience of sourcing PPE started buying products such as

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Adding water enables DNA-interconnected crystals to bounce

Northwestern University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown property of colloidal crystals, highly ordered three-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles.

The team engineered colloidal crystals with complementary strands of DNA and found that dehydration crumpled the crystals, breaking down the DNA hydrogen bonds. But when researchers added water, the crystals bounced back to their original state within seconds.

The new study describes

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Iowa State Wins 2022 Electrical Contracting Innovation

Iowa State University won the 2022 Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC). Wayne State University took home second prize, and Pennsylvania State University won third place. This year’s ECIC was the 14th annual challenge hosted by ELECTRI International. The students were invited to NECA 2022 Austin to present their projects. They talked listeners through their bids and how they worked with

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Buro Happold elevates noted airport sector expert, Patti

October 11, 2022, the global leader in planning and implementation of aviation and airport projects, Buro Happold, has announced its U.S. practice team leader for the sector, Patti Harburg-Petrich. The closely watched move reflects Buro Happold’s deep portfolio of award-winning works in these markets and formalizes the firm’s multidisciplinary offer, integrating essential engineering and strategic consulting capabilities in a

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