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Six pioneers shortlisted for £350,000 AF Harvey prize

June 30, 2024
News
Six leading international researchers have been shortlisted as nominees for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) prestigious £350,000 A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize.
Physics & Engineering
Engineering, Physics, Policy
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Floored science

June 10, 2024
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The lab is a key and growing component of the annual CHEMUK Expo. Managing director of show organisers UK Industry Events, Ian Stone discusses how he seeks to balance laboratory...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Health & Safety, Interviews, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Light technology ‘may offer sustainable AMR solution’ 

June 8, 2024
News
New technology pioneered by an Italian company working with University of Birmingham scientists could provide an innovative and sustainable approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemical Engineering, Environment, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Policy
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Like humans, LLMs are irrational but in different ways

June 8, 2024
News
A study of several of the best-known large language models appears to confirm that, like humans, they can make irrational decisions but for quite different reasons.
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Computer Science, Engineering, Health & Safety, Policy
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Casting light on the matter

June 4, 2024
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Instrument manufacturer Waters Corporation has teamed up with the University of Surrey to provide students with a practical understanding of a key spectroscopic technique to improve their knowledge and boost...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Physics, Policy
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Lab Babble: Be damned and don’t publish

May 29, 2024
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Commercial priorities are killing the usefulness of web platforms and publishing, despairs Russ Swan.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Physics, Policy
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Hurricane hunters

May 29, 2024
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Cruising thousands of feet above the Arctic through a raging storm isn’t the most congenial research environment – unless you are part of Alaska’s flying laboratory of weather scientists. Sabrina...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Health & Safety, Physics, Policy
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Polystyrene recycling pioneers claim energy efficiency and cost effectiveness

May 28, 2024
News
Creators of a new process claim that it has the potential to boost polystyrene recycling massively beyond present industrial levels.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Policy
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Computational design enables uni duo’s materials science breakthrough

May 27, 2024
News
A joint research team from two UK universities has employed computational design to develop new metal-free porous framework materials using cheap and abundant mon-metallic elements.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Policy
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Six degrees of separation

May 20, 2024
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Labs play an essential role in advancing sustainability in the wider world but they need to tackle their own levels of waste and consumption. Graham Matthews provides a simple checklist...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Policy
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