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CERN takes on Covid-19
Added: 9 Apr 2020
The World’s biggest experiment, CERN, has established a task force to identify and support contribu…
Space-based reflectors to boost solar power
Added: 2 Apr 2020
A project exploring the use of space-based reflectors to shine sunlight towards Earth-bound solar f…
Medtech funding for implant company
Added: 24 Mar 2020
A Newcastle medtech company has secured nearly £250,000 in funding from Innovate UK to further its …
Space-bound human tissue
Added: 10 Mar 2020
The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station to expl…
Nanoarray breakthrough aids electric vehicles
Added: 4 Mar 2020
A team from the University of Bristol have developed a new type of nanoelectromechanical relay to e…
Bird flight secret offers aircraft design breakthrough
Added: 18 Feb 2020
A team of scientists and engineers have gained new insight in the aerodynamics of gliding birds – s…
Graphene device bridges the terahertz gap
Added: 5 Feb 2020
Researchers have used graphene to create a device which will unlock the elusive terahertz wavelengt…
Pioneering citizen science project celebrates 10th year
Added: 8 Jan 2020
The citizen science platform, Zooniverse, is celebrating its 10thanniversary.
New carbon nanotube source relief for nanotech community
Added: 8 Jan 2020
A new method of producing carbon nanotubescould have solved a growing problem in the field of carbo…
E.coli engineered to consume CO2
Added: 28 Nov 2019
Synthetic biologists have engineered an autotrophic form of bacteria.
Carbon nanotubes grown on newsprint
Added: 26 Nov 2019
Your old copies of Lab News may still have some unexpected uses in the lab…
Rahko raises £1.3M for quantum chemistry simulation
Added: 18 Oct 2019
UCL spin-out Rahko has raised £1.3 million in seed funding to develop its machine learning-powered …
Wellcome Trust on the hunt for best public engagement
Added: 16 Oct 2019
The Wellcome Trust has launched an initiative to find the best examples of public engagement projec…
PM reintroduces graduate visa
Added: 18 Sep 2019
A new work visa introduced by Boris Johnson’s government will allow international science students …
US environmental agency to end animal testing by 2035
Added: 18 Sep 2019
The US Environmental Protection Agency will phase out animal testing of chemical products by 2035, …
Simple, beautiful, classic: MIT creates blackest black material
Added: 16 Sep 2019
Engineers have claimed a new record for the blackest material ever created.
Scalable membrane could filter greenhouse gases
Added: 11 Sep 2019
A new membrane filtration could be used to separate greenhouse gases from waste emissions on an ind…
$5.8M for renewable photocatalytic converter
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Houston-based plasmonics company Syzygy has raised $5.8 million to develop its eco-friendly photoca…
Scaled-down reactor turns greenhouse gas into fuel
Added: 4 Sep 2019
A newly-developed reactor containing a 2D catalyst is able to covert atmospheric CO2 into pure liqu…
International research projects get £3.6M
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Research England has divvied up £3.6 million for eight research institutions in the UK to help fund…
