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Replacing unsustainable materials in nanostructure surfaces
Added: 7 Feb 2022
New research results from Linnaeus University opens for a future with more sustainably produced nan…
Prize winning studies of life's earliest history
Added: 31 Jan 2022
Andrew Knoll has depicted the first three billion years of life on Earth using his studies of micro…
Shedding light on how to increase UK crop yields
Added: 31 Jan 2022
Recent events has demonstrated the need to increase the UK's national food harvest and build relien…
Food forensics: how AI can smell authentic olive oil
Added: 27 Jan 2022
Extra virgin olive (EVO) oils are highly complex. Here, Prof Chiara Cordero discusses the applicati…
Electron diffraction: A technique suggesting radically new things
Added: 11 Jan 2022
Crystallography mainly relies on diffraction techniques and the most recent of them, electron diffr…
Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring
Added: 10 Jan 2022
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two resear…
Climate change knowledge cooperative provides simplified research summaries
Added: 23 Dec 2021
The Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative provides easy to understand research summaries to help eve…
The promise of COVID-19 surveillance through wastewater testing
Added: 22 Dec 2021
Pandemic modelling data can be gathered through mass testing by monitoring viral RNA levels in wast…
Low-cost, ultra-sensitive gravimeter for early detection of volcanic activity uses MEMS technology
Added: 10 Dec 2021
A new device being developed by University of Glasgow in collaboration with a leading product desig…
Balloon-driven hybrid mobile communications network launched in Zanzibar
Added: 2 Dec 2021
A unique balloon-driven hybrid mobile network is being launched in Zanzibar. Expected to deliver fu…
Renewable energy's hybrid fuel blue hydrogen can help protect the climate
Added: 2 Dec 2021
Blue hydrogen - a renewable fuel hybrid technology - can play a positive role in the energy transit…
New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …
UK demonstrates its first 'green' high-powered rocket engine
Added: 22 Nov 2021
A UK nuclear fusion company based in Bletchley, has just developed and tested its first launch capa…
Pharmaceuticals and the environment: how can the industry put its best foot forward?
Added: 22 Nov 2021
In recent years, it has become more and more important to both consumers and investors that they su…
The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future
Added: 22 Nov 2021
After 50 years of carefree consumption, urgent transformation is needed to negate large-scale green…
PhD student wins leading award from UK Research and Innovation
Added: 2 Nov 2021
University of Gloucestershire PhD student, Philippa Simmonds, has won a prestigious UK Research and…
Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies
Added: 22 Oct 2021
Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have be…
Understanding powder flow in materials testing
Added: 14 Oct 2021
Tapped density methods are a popular choice for assessing powder flow in materials laboratory testi…
Wheat field trial heralds UK acceptance of gene edited crops
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Post Brexit, the UK is free to make its own decisions around genetic editing of food crops based on…
Monitoring dust collection in Pharma manufacturing is easier with IoT
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Pharmaceutical companies must continually monitor and manage dust levels in facilities. Here, Emily…
