Eighty scientists from universities all over the world are coming to Medway tomorrow to take part in a conference.

Young talent from Israel, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Slovenia and the USA, will be on the Medway campus of the University of Greenwich, which has been chosen as the venue for the two-day meeting.

On the agenda will be developments in an important area of chemistry called polymer colloids, which helps manufacturers to produce better paints, inks, pharmaceuticals and detergents.

Professor Martin Snowden, head of the School of Science at the University of Greenwich at Medway, said: "This is an interesting area of science which is increasingly important to industry as it helps bring better, and cheaper, products into all our lives.

"The University of Greenwich has a great deal of expertise in this area and I am delighted that its standing has been acknowledged by the decision of the UK Polymer Colloids Forum to hold its symposium here at Medway.

Prof Snowden’s own research uses nanoparticles and nanotechnology to find new ways of formulating medicines and delivering drugs to people and animals.