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Self-assembling materials discovered

February 6, 2017
Researchers at the Academy of Finland have discovered gold nanoclusters that can self-assemble to form two and three-dimensional materials

Breakthrough achieved in flexible electronics

January 18, 2017
Scientists in Singapore have developed conducting polymer films that can give a superior performance in plastic electronics. Plastic, or organic, electronics are made from carbon-based semiconductors that could provide flexible,...

Chemists find novel method to control catalysis

December 19, 2016
Scientists in Canada have discovered a novel technique that enables them to manipulate catalytic reactions.

Scientists calculate future benefits of electric vehicles

November 22, 2016
Electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells are more likely to be environmentally friendly in the future, according to researchers from California and Munich. The scientists...

Putting the sun in a box…

November 11, 2016
Last month, Ian Chapman stepped into his role as CEO of the national nuclear fusion resource – the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Aged 34, he is one of the youngest...

Accidental greenhouse gas to fuel process discovered

October 21, 2016
Scientists have accidentally discovered a way to convert carbon dioxide solution to ethanol.

Climbing Everest

October 8, 2016
Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube will be speaking at Lab Innovations 2016, the UK’s leading event dedicated to laboratory professionals, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on...

World’s smallest machines scoop Chemistry Nobel

October 5, 2016
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for their design and production of molecular machines.The collective work of Sauvage (University of Strasbourg,...

Scientists achieve breakthrough in graphene production

September 19, 2016
Chemists in Germany have created, for the first time, defect-free graphene from graphite.

Lateral solar cells promise bright future

August 22, 2016
A team of US engineers have created high performance, micro-scale solar cells that could power a wide range of personal devices.

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