Report: oxygen plant explosion in Bangladesh kills at least six
AT least six people have been killed and “several” injured in an oxygen plant explosion in south-...
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Research community doubts UK’s 'science superpower' ambition as BEIS returns £1.6bn Horizon funding
THE UK’s research community is questioning government’s commitment to making the nation a “scienc...
Governments support ‘dry lab’ for developing next-gen batteries
FUNDING from the UK and Scottish governments is supporting a new £4.7m (US$5.7m) research facilit...
Scientists produce green hydrogen from seawater
SCIENTISTS have developed a system that can produce green hydrogen directly from seawater without...
Engineers awarded QEPrize for advancing solar PV technology
IN ITS 10th year, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to four engineers wh...
UK partners to advance inertial confinement fusion
FOLLOWING the US’s major fusion breakthrough with inertial confinement technology, a UK partnersh...
Chemical engineers explore upcycling microfibres released from washing clothes
UNIVERSITY of Surrey and UK-based washing technology group, Xeros Technology, have teamed up to a...
Competition launched to advance low-emission foods
INNOVATE UK and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have jointly launc...
New integrated, net-negative system captures carbon and produces ethylene
FOCUSED on integrating technologies that capture and use CO2 in a closed loop carbon cycle, engin...
UK awards £32m to advance energy storage technologies
THE UK Government has awarded more than £32m (US$38.9) in funding to five projects across the cou...
US announces ‘major’ fusion breakthrough
RESEARCHERS at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have a...
UK to fund AI emissions reduction projects
THE UK Government has launched a new programme backed by £1.5m (US$1.9m) to support the use of ar...
Consortiums investigate nuclear-powered hydrogen production
TWO projects by UK and US consortiums will investigate using nuclear-generated heat and electrici...
TerraPower and SCS install test facility to advance molten chloride fast reactor
NUCLEAR reactor developer TerraPower, and US utility Southern Company have completed the installa...
LanzaTech produces ethylene directly from CO2
PROCESS technology company LanzaTech has successfully engineered biocatalysts to directly produce...
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