January 12, 2021

Have you ever made your own soda bread or homemade yoghurt using a fermented 'starter culture'? Imagine being able to cultivate your grow your own smart biomaterials at home using...

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry

September 11, 2020

In a new study, researchers at Texas A&M University have described their novel plant-based energy storage device that could charge even electric cars within a few minutes in the near...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry

July 28, 2020

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical technology options for reducing industrial carbon...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials

Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science

June 25, 2020

Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and ITA RWTH Aachen, two of the most recognised academic institutions in virology and textiles, have confirmed the efficacy of a new self-disinfecting technology to...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Covid-19, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical/Health, Organic Chemistry

June 3, 2020

Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have created a sodium-ion battery that holds as much energy and works as well as some commercial lithium-ion battery...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science

September 4, 2019

A newly-developed reactor containing a 2D catalyst is able to covert atmospheric CO2 into pure liquid fuel.

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering

Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology

June 26, 2019

Australian and Indian researchers have used a chemical from the bark of the eucalyptus tree for a new eco-friendly method of synthesising graphene.

Chemistry, Physics & Engineering

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Green Chemistry

May 23, 2019

The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union includes the removal of a blanket ban on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), according to the UK Trade Policy Observatory, which would weaken regulation...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health

March 26, 2018

A new spinout company founded on technology that can turn waste from plastic, tyres and biomass into high quality transportation fuels and chemicals has been formed by Oxford University.Oxford Sustainable...

October 2, 2017

New technology created by a University of Exeter spin-out could see buildings powered using innovative glass blocks.

Chemistry, Physics & Engineering

Chemistry, Energy, Green Chemistry