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Freudenberg-NOK develops bio-EPDM

Surrey takes the p… in order to feed the world

Added: 22 Jul 2024

It sounds like the classic p… take but work is underway on a project to counter the world shortage …

Seaweed-to-packaging spinout scoops £4million-plus private investment 

Added: 9 Jun 2024

Bath university spinout Kelpi has secured £4.35 million in funding from a slew of City firms to lau…

Biobased building materials may be less sustainable than concrete, study suggests

Added: 3 Jun 2024

Mycelium composites made from fungi and agricultural residue, can have a bigger environmental impac…

Polystyrene recycling pioneers claim energy efficiency and cost effectiveness

Added: 28 May 2024

Creators of a new process claim that it has the potential to boost polystyrene recycling massively …

University of Bath aids £13.75 million chemical carbon project

Added: 20 May 2024

The University of Bath, a leader in the development of sustainable technology, is taking part in a …

‘Citizen army’ sought to assess Scotland’s mosquito threat

Added: 13 May 2024

Citizen scientists are being recruited to help a collaborative project led by an alliance of academ…

Fewer than one in three experts prepared for AI challenge, suggests Pistoia 

Added: 13 May 2024

Less than one third of life science experts polled in a Pistoia Alliance survey say they are coping…

Five years beavering bears water for ecologists

Added: 1 Apr 2024

An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed to…

Aston and allies open doctoral centre for next generation greenhouse gas leaders

Added: 18 Mar 2024

Aston University is to host a doctoral training centre to train a new generation of scientists to h…

Extra-terrestrial invader downgraded to a truck

Added: 10 Mar 2024

Ground vibrations picked up at a remote seismic station a decade ago and attributed to a meteor may…

‘Potash price rise undermines global food security’ warning

Added: 25 Feb 2024

Rising prices for potash across the globe are creating a threat to the level of global food securit…

UKSA £7.4 mill funds UK universities’ role in global space race

Added: 19 Feb 2024

UK Space Agency funding will enable university based scientists to be involved in a raft internatio…

Report underlines economic returns on public investment in science

Added: 11 Feb 2024

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-commissioned research estimates that the org…

First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours

Added: 21 Jan 2024

Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …

Severn Trent Water

Bath hosts new water-based public health initiative

Added: 21 Jan 2024

The University of Bath is to host the newest Research England Centre of Excellence, with £13 millio…

Satellite offers a flood warning breakthrough

Added: 14 Jan 2024

Satellite video offers an enhanced means to monitor river flow and provide earlier and more compreh…

Covid blow to Turing’s first year but positives too

Added: 8 Jan 2024

Britain’s replacement to the Erasmus Programme scholarships attained less than 60% of its target nu…

Rudolph the blue-eyed reindeer, he can see the lichen glows…

Added: 18 Dec 2023

Rudolph’s red nose may be Christmas fiction but reindeer really do appear to possess another colour…

Slipping on ice may be down to too much alcohol (or salt)…

Added: 10 Dec 2023

It’s a challenge for pedestrians and road users but also a major problem for industry: why are some…

Bath puts safer water on the map via new OASIS

Added: 12 Nov 2023

A portable water quality monitor developed by University of Bath students aims to enable rapid dete…