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Battery and self-driving vehicle research to begin in Warwick

May 18, 2017
News
The government have announced a wave of funding for both high energy battery research and an autonomous vehicle research project at the University of Warwick. The BMW group will lead...
Physics & Engineering
Energy
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Breakthrough in transistor production could revolutionise electronics

May 15, 2017
News
Researchers in Dublin have created nanometre-thick film transistors entirely of two-dimensional nanomaterials, opening up a wide array of potential future applications.  Using standard electronic printing techniques, graphene flakes were combined...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Carbon capture and storage project receives boost

May 12, 2017
News
The University of Sheffield has secured funding of more than £6m to develop its carbon and storage research for another five years.
Physics & Engineering
Energy
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Protein storage and transportation breakthrough

May 11, 2017
News
Researchers from the Universities of Bath and Newcastle have created a new method to ensure vaccines can be stored and transported without refrigeration.
Life Sciences
Immunology
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Protein enables scientists to convert skin to blood vessels

May 10, 2017
News
A molecular switch has been identified that converts skin cells into cells found in blood vessels, raising hopes of aiding heart disease sufferers.
Life Sciences
Developmental Biology
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Pac-Man like CRISPR enzymes discovered

May 9, 2017
News
New CRISPR enzymes have been found that could be used as sensitive detectors for infectious viruses.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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New non-animal toxicity test

May 9, 2017
News
Researchers in Sweden have developed a method to reduce the need for animals in toxicological testing.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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‘Normal’ galaxy excites astronomers

May 8, 2017
News
Astronomers in California have discovered one of the most distant galaxies in the universe – and noticed there is nothing particularly spectacular about it.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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New Centre to boost UK life science growth

May 5, 2017
News
The University of Leicester is aiming to drive biomedical innovation with the first UK life sciences opportunities zone.
Uncategorised
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What came first, the sponge or the comb jelly?

May 4, 2017
News
Scientists have reignited a zoology debate by claiming the earliest branch of the animal family tree was not sponges but instead marine invertebrates called comb jellies.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology
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Newly created sieve could make seawater drinkable

May 3, 2017
News
Scientists from the University of Manchester have created a sieve that can filter common salts, providing drinking water from seawater.
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Flexible superconductor developed

May 2, 2017
News
Experimental physicists in Germany have developed an ultrathin, flexible nanomaterial with superconducting properties.
Materials
Nanotechnology
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