Articles tagged with "Chemical Engineering"

Sort by

Dr Eva-Marie Graefe juggles science and motherhood – with help from L’Oreal and UNESCO

December 12, 2014
Dr Eva-Marie Graefe juggles researching leaky quantum systems with being a mum – here we learn more about work-life balance and how the L’Oreal-Unesco For Women in Science Fellowship is...

How to hack your home with Ri Christmas lecturer Danielle George

November 12, 2014
We catch up with this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer Danielle George to find out what she has in store for budding young scientists, and what she’ll be doing over...

Dr Tracy Briggs awarded For Women in Science Fellowship

October 13, 2014
Dr Tracy Briggs was recently awarded one of four UK & Ireland L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Fellowships to further her research into the understanding of single-gene disorders that lead...

Chemical sensor on a chip

June 19, 2014
Infrared laser beams are ideal for analysing liquids and gases, and scientists in Vienna have miniaturised the technique to develop a new type of sensor. The method sees a quantum...

Clean catalyst for methanol production

May 5, 2014
A potentially clean, low-cost way to convert carbon dioxide into methanol while reducing harmful by-products like carbon monoxide has been discovered by researchers in America. A team from Stanford University...

Fred Turner on his homebuilt PCR machine

April 14, 2014
Fred Turner, an undergraduate studying biochemistry at the University of Oxford was recently listed in the 100 leading practising scientists – we find out why. You’ve just been listed in...

The 1851 Fellowship

March 10, 2014
Eight young graduates were recently awarded £80,000 each to develop innovative commercial technologies as part of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Here we speak to some of...

Glassblowing with Stephanie Preston

August 6, 2013
All of us at some stage in our careers have used scientific glassware – but how do those intricate and often beautiful shapes come to be? We spoke to scientific...

Scott R. White – The man who can heal materials

April 5, 2013
For many the work of Scott R. White seems like magic – he can make material heal itself when cracked. We caught up with the professor of aerospace engineering and...

Lithium redox imaging for a better battery

November 14, 2012
A technique developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology allows, for the first time, the direct observation of the reactions inside advanced lithium-air batteries. Until now, exactly what goes on inside...

Pin It on Pinterest