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Time to reconcile science and philosophy
Added: 4 Nov 2019
Despite close historical ties, philosophy and science have had a bumpy relationship in the modern e…

UK government withdraws fracking support
Added: 4 Nov 2019
The government has withdrawn its support of fracking in England until further scientific evidence i…

Pushing the lithium-ion limit
Added: 29 Oct 2019
As the global demand for consumer electronics, electric cars and renewable energy rise, the need fo…

More power to you
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Our need for battery power is insatiable and current lithium-ion anode technology just won’t cut it…

Wellcome Trust on the hunt for best public engagement
Added: 16 Oct 2019
The Wellcome Trust has launched an initiative to find the best examples of public engagement projec…
SERC experiments show CO2 stunts wetlands
Added: 27 Sep 2019
While CO2 is essential for plant growth, excessive CO2 in the atmosphere is stunting growth in mars…

Singing the praises of odd numbers
Added: 23 Sep 2019
Annoy peer reviewers and create an inclusive numerical policy? It’s a win win for Dr Matthew Partri…

PM reintroduces graduate visa
Added: 18 Sep 2019
A new work visa introduced by Boris Johnson’s government will allow international science students …

Win: Bloom
Added: 17 Sep 2019
From food to fuel, fertiliser and plastic production, Kassinger charts the applications of algae an…

The good, the bad and the brexit
Added: 16 Sep 2019
The new Government has been in place for only a few weeks now and in that time, we’ve already had a…

Celebrating the improbable
Added: 13 Sep 2019
Another year, another heart-warming evening commemorating the silly, unusual and often random side …

Scalable membrane could filter greenhouse gases
Added: 11 Sep 2019
A new membrane filtration could be used to separate greenhouse gases from waste emissions on an ind…

$5.8M for renewable photocatalytic converter
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Houston-based plasmonics company Syzygy has raised $5.8 million to develop its eco-friendly photoca…

Are you ready for show time?
Added: 9 Sep 2019
Once again we are delighted to have partnered with the Lab Innovations show – and we want you to be…

Scaled-down reactor turns greenhouse gas into fuel
Added: 4 Sep 2019
A newly-developed reactor containing a 2D catalyst is able to covert atmospheric CO2 into pure liqu…

Ghost of science future
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Well, here we are. Four months from the completion of the second decade in the third millennium.

Calcium ion used as micro engine
Added: 23 Aug 2019
Theoretical physicists have used the intrinsic angular momentum of a calcium ion to effectively tur…

Brexit: No-deal is a bad deal for UK science
Added: 9 Aug 2019
In a video livestreamed from his desk at Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson a…

Physicists borrow from social networks
Added: 7 Aug 2019
A new technique treats debris from proton collisions like a social network in order to distinguish …

Reproducibility comes as standard (part 2)
Added: 5 Aug 2019
Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…