Science: UK labs get £213 million government investment to help tackle infectious diseases and more

Labs across the UK are to be upgraded to help tackle infectious diseases, cut greenhouse emissions and more -- thanks to a £213 million government investment. The support -- part of the British government's wider'Research & Development Roadmap' -- was announced yesterday by Science Minister Amanda Solloway. It will give British scientists access to facilities including super computers in Cardiff to track infectious diseases and a floating offshore wind testing lab in Plymouth. The government's roadmap aims to make the UK'the best place in the world for scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs to live and work.' The new investment will not only provide support for the sciences, however, but will also be used to promote research in the arts and humanities.