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Zinc oxide crystals

July 10, 2017
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This image displays the intergrowth of Zinc oxide crystals.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Analytical Chemistry, Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Focal Point, Geology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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Bringing the Sun down to Earth

July 10, 2017
Feature
Technical difficulties, experimental dead-ends and eye-watering development costs – yet the gargantuan challenge of taming nuclear fusion power is certainly within reach says Dr Andrew Kirk as he talks us...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, In Depth, Materials, Materials Science, Physics
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When we were asked for zombie eyes…

July 4, 2017
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Zombies can be recreated easily enough for the big screen with special effects and cosmetics. So what role, if any, does the humble autoclave play in this? Ashley Rogers from...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews
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Glacial footprint

June 5, 2017
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This image shows a glacial landform, now submerged under the sea, categorised as a spiralling iceberg ploughmark.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Environment, Focal Point
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To commercialise great science, inspire young scientists

May 11, 2017
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Steve Bennett thinks that developing and commercialising great science is really very simple… it starts with our children
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Interviews
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Where’s our wonder material?

April 11, 2017
Feature
Never has materials science had such a high profile – something almost entirely down to the advances made with graphene. Yet, where is it all? One of the snags to...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, In Depth, Materials, Materials Science
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Putting the sun in a box…

November 11, 2016
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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...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Energy, Engineering, Interviews, Physics
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Climbing Everest

October 8, 2016
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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...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Physics
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Meet the author of Rise of the Rocket Girls

August 8, 2016
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Nathalia Holt, microbiologist-turned-author, tells us about her latest book, Rise of the Rocket Girls, which looks at the role of the female ‘human computers’ employed at NASA in the 1940s...
Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews
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A hole new approach

December 11, 2015
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Jemma Rowlandson tells us how nanoporous materials are set to take on the world, and win
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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