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Reversible composite adhesives offer new possibilities in material science
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Researchers have created reversible composite adhesives using molecular entanglement, enabling enha…
Clock ticking for nominations for RSC journals’ chemistry lectureships
Added: 22 Feb 2025
Time is running out to apply for lectureships offered through two of the Royal Society of Chemistry…
Bath seeks cleaner, greener water option
Added: 15 Feb 2025
Chemical engineers at the University of Bath have claimed a world first with the creation of a sust…
Mummies’ odour is a bouquet, not a curse
Added: 14 Feb 2025
They might be the stuff of horror movies but Egyptian mummies seem to have lasted the course where …
Liverpool team’s novel material promises boost to IoT storage capabilities
Added: 29 Jan 2025
University of Liverpool scientists have developed a novel material they claim may enable internet o…
Composite product offers hope for neurodegenerative conditions, claim developers
Added: 13 Jan 2025
A novel composite material created by two UK universities has the potential to provide new treatmen…
Strategy launched to futureproof UK role in materials innovation
Added: 13 Jan 2025
The long-awaited National Materials Innovation Strategy has launched with the claim that a committe…
Imperial’s smart heart reading T-shirt nets £340k
Added: 6 Jan 2025
Imperial College London researchers have secured more than a third of a million pounds to enable th…
New body aims to deliver on chemicals sector green pledge
Added: 8 Dec 2024
A new body designed to speed the transition to sustainable chemicals and materials in the UK has be…
Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Durham university says it has achieved one of the highest ever response rates for a global, large s…
Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti
Added: 25 Nov 2024
UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…
Creators vow lightweight material will be a booster for space travel
Added: 27 Oct 2024
Academics in British and Indian universities claim they have developed a revolutionary material for…
Finnish university on the circular economy CACE
Added: 20 Oct 2024
Applications are invited for a recently debuted Master’s programme in circular economy chemistry an…
Cool roofs could have saved c250 heatwave deaths, claims UCL/Exeter study
Added: 1 Oct 2024
Nearly 250 lives could have been prevented during London’s record 2018 hot summer if the capital ha…
AFRC achieves another testing gold
Added: 1 Sep 2024
The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has attained yet another me…
Machine learning provides workout for new polymers
Added: 25 Aug 2024
Materials scientists in Japan have adapted machine learning to predict the mechanical properties of…
Speedy separation offers tool for microplastics and cancer cell studies
Added: 17 Aug 2024
Researchers in Sweden have pinpointed a method to speed the separation of particles in fluids, prov…
Smart clothes are the new cutting edge of physio tech
Added: 7 Jul 2024
Smart phones and watches may have met their match from a surprising source when it comes to trackin…
New chemosensor offers chance for battery free remote lactic testing
Added: 24 Jun 2024
Lactic acid testing for healthcare and in professional sports could be rendered cheaper and more ef…
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…
