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Everywoman in Tech award goes to chemical engineer

February 10, 2017
A Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath has won the Academic Award in the UK’s biggest programme championing women in technology.

Carbon based filters offer hope for Fukushima clean up

February 8, 2017
Researchers from Russia and the US have discovered a method to extract radioactive elements from contaminated water.

The prognosis of UK pathology services

February 7, 2017
NHS pathology laboratories are under immense pressure to do more with less or face closure. Yet it is precisely these vital services which will be key to improving healthcare in...

Self-assembling materials discovered

February 6, 2017
Researchers at the Academy of Finland have discovered gold nanoclusters that can self-assemble to form two and three-dimensional materials

New sustainable catalysis moves away from rare earth metals

February 1, 2017
A team of scientists at the University of Huddersfield have developed a new chemical reaction that is catalysed by the use of simple iron salts.

Material science advancement after tightest knot created

January 31, 2017
Scientists at the University of Manchester have created the tightest knot ever achieved, opening up a potential avenue for a new generation of advanced materials.

Let’s get real

January 24, 2017
The humble petri dish has been a stalwart of the lab for as long as cells have been cultured – but does 2D cell growth really represent the environment of...

Breakthrough achieved in flexible electronics

January 18, 2017
Scientists in Singapore have developed conducting polymer films that can give a superior performance in plastic electronics. Plastic, or organic, electronics are made from carbon-based semiconductors that could provide flexible,...

Mathematical model creates extremely strong 3D graphene

January 17, 2017
MIT researchers have designed a strong and lightweight three-dimensional form of graphene.

Not just another brick in the wall

January 12, 2017
Far from being an inert capsule, chemical profiling screenings have revealed that the bacterial cell wall is the seat of bacterial defence mechanisms. Understanding them could help us in the...

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