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Recycled graphene from tyres can make more environmentally friendly concrete
Added: 8 Apr 2021
This could be where the rubber truly hits the road. Rice University scientists have optimised a pro…
Industrialisation of fundamental physics research advances light source and sensor technologies
Added: 29 Mar 2021
Collaboration between specialist academic research and industrial expert engineers is proving key t…
'Team ice' uncover crucial information to aid the development of new more active cryoprotectants
Added: 17 Mar 2021
Researchers uncover new understanding around the interactions between synthetic polymers and ice fo…
A novel light harvesting engine strings buckyballs and chromophores on DNA
Added: 26 Feb 2021
Researchers have synthesised a novel type of organic light-harvesting supramolecule by arranging fl…
Kinky graphene 'straintronics' for smaller, faster microchips
Added: 16 Feb 2021
Using 'straintronics' rather than electronics, researchers have produced the tiniest microchips yet…
Droplet formation at the nanoscale
Added: 4 Feb 2021
It is surprising to find such everyday physics in the nanoscale world of molecular biology, but whe…
Closed-loop chemical recycling of common petrochemical realised
Added: 28 Jan 2021
Imagine plastics and rubber that can be chemically unzipped back to reusable monomers for recycling…
Antiviral coating kills viruses and bacteria for product lifetime
Added: 26 Jan 2021
Can you imagine a world where you wouldn't have to worry about disease transmission from surfaces s…
Developing multi-functional catalysts with light switches
Added: 25 Jan 2021
Researchers were able to observe the atomic-scale features of a catalyst using an environmental tra…
Long-life, long-range, rapid recharging, affordable electric car battery
Added: 21 Jan 2021
Go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3 seconds and drive like a Porsche... Electric car batteries t…
Laser-triggered chemical adhesion for tissue engineering of replacement organs
Added: 19 Jan 2021
Laser-triggered chemical adhesion used to build proteins onto biological polymer scaffolding to bri…
Uncovering the magic of metallographic Turing pattern formation
Added: 19 Jan 2021
While we have become used to seeing stripes and spots in nature, it still seems amazing to see simi…
Avalanching nanoparticles observed - a potentially significant step in technological transformation
Added: 14 Jan 2021
Columbia engineers are the first to have observed avalanches in nanoparticles. Following in the foo…
How to grow your own smart materials with live fermentation cultures
Added: 12 Jan 2021
Have you ever made your own soda bread or homemade yoghurt using a fermented 'starter culture'? Ima…
Nanoparticle drug-delivery system developed to treat brain disorders
Added: 6 Jan 2021
A team of bioengineers has proven a novel system of nanoparticles can successfully carry three time…
Graphene researchers throw physics out the window
Added: 16 Nov 2020
A Manchester University graphene research team has just thrown the physics textbook out of the prov…
A step towards an environmentally friendly Lithium ion battery
Added: 13 Nov 2020
We all love the idea of an electric car and Elon Musk's Tesla is almost accessible to even a poorly…
Self-watering soil could transform farming
Added: 9 Nov 2020
They say water is set to become more valuable than oil, with water scarcity becoming one of the mos…
Malaria test as simple as a bandage
Added: 5 Nov 2020
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That's the idea behind a platfo…
Multishot lens-free imaging could aid disease diagnosis
Added: 24 Sep 2020
A new type of imaging that does not require a lens and uses reconfigurable particle-based masks to …
