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New firefighting foam created

January 11, 2016
Ceramic firefighting foam that can handles temperatures of more than 1000°C has been created by Russian scientists.

A hole new approach

December 11, 2015
Jemma Rowlandson tells us how nanoporous materials are set to take on the world, and win

Solar energy storage taken to next level

July 30, 2015
Chemists at UCLA have developed technology that can store solar energy for up to several weeks rather than for a few microseconds. Inspired by the way plants generate energy, the...

Eduardo Miranda and musical slime mould

July 15, 2015
A musical ‘duet’ between slime mould and a scientist creates beautiful and unusual sounds. Professor Eduardo Miranda at Plymouth University, a composer working at the crossroads of music and science,...

NOEMA observatory

July 13, 2015
European scientists have discovered a previously unknown region of extreme star formation in the 'Medusa merger' a luminous collision of two galaxies at more than 100 million light years from...

What will follow the James Webb Space Telescope?

June 17, 2015
Scientists are calling for a giant space telescope to follow the James Webb Space Telescope – Professor Martin Barstow, former president of the Royal Astronomical Society, tells us about the...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a snake…seriously, a flying snake.

April 22, 2015
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake. Jake Socha, professor at Virginia Tech has been investigating this unusual behaviour So…flying snakes…who...

New approach puts kids in space!

February 11, 2015
Crossing the traditional boundaries of education and active research – the Langton Star Centre is not only a new way to inspire young people to take up STEM, but also...

What inspires two Industrial Fellowship winners

January 23, 2015
Alice Hagan is working with Biocompatibles UK Ltd and the University of Brighton to develop beads capable of blocking blood flow to cancerous tumours while simultaneously releasing drugs directly into...

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