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Essex glassblowers announce £1.2M expansion
Added: 31 May 2019
Scientific equipment manufacturer Radleys has invested more than £1.2 million in a new glassblowing…

Korea claims advance on 3D-printed corneas
Added: 30 May 2019
A research team in South Korea have used a 3D printer to improve the transparency of artificial cor…

Endlessly recyclable plastic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2019
By separating plastic monomers from chemical additives, researchers may have created fully recyclab…

Edible water bottles
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Apr 2019
Edible liquid capsules will be trialled at this month's London Marathon.!--more--
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Cold plasma inactivates airborne virus
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Apr 2019
Cold plasma has been found to provide a more efficient method of sterilising air for medical proced…

Polythene film outperforms aluminium
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2019
A new processing technique has produced a transparent polythene film that can be stronger than alum…

A plum deal for cancer drug synthesis
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2019
Chemical synthesis could be used to replace an ingredient in anti-leukaemia compounds derived from …

Salvaged desalination waste
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Mar 2019
The waste product of desalination, highly concentrated brine, is usually disposed of into the sea. …

Soil bacteria turns plants into plastic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Mar 2019
A genetically tweaked microbe may be key to producing biodegradable plastic from plants.!--more--
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Energy-efficient biocrude extraction
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2019
Chemical engineers have created a more rapid and energy-efficient method of converting algae to bio…

IoT sensors made with cellulose
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Mar 2019
An eco-friendly sensor made from cellulose could replace the plastics and polymeric materials curre…

Sulphur polymers for eco-friendly plastics
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Feb 2019
A new catalytic process for making polymers out of sulphur could provide more environmentally frien…

Nano-enhanced palladium reacts to light
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2019
An optical-enhanced form of palladium could be the key to a more environmentally friendly chemical …

Greener ammonia eliminates hydrogen and metal catalyst
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jan 2019
A new process of creating ammonia from nitrogen and water eliminates the use of hydrogen or solid m…

Bioprocess turns pine needles into new products
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jan 2019
A new bioprocess could turn pine needles on abandoned Christmas trees into environmentally friendly…

Pure chemicals company raises finance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 May 2018
A Liverpool based chemical intermediates company has raised £1.5m in equity finance to support the …

Renewable energy branches out
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Dec 2017
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –i…

Graphene’s usefulness in space to be tested
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Aug 2017
Two experiments this autumn will test graphene’s viability for space applications.!--more--
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Graphene electrodes key to burgeoning electronic field
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jul 2017
An international team of researchers have found a new way to tune the functionality of next-generat…

Breakthrough in transistor production could revolutionise electronics
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2017
Researchers in Dublin have created nanometre-thick film transistors entirely of two-dimensional nan…