UK takes ‘huge’ step in mine water research
MINE WATER could offer a viable renewable heat source for the UK, as new research emerges from th...
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Novel modelling technology enhances safety predictions for underground nuclear waste storage
SIMULATIVE modelling technology has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute ...
Australian researchers develop software to design chemical-free pest killers
RESEARCHERS at the University of Queensland in Australia have developed and tested a software pac...
Edinburgh researchers use bacteria to turn waste plastic into paracetamol
RESEARCHERS at the University of Edinburgh have developed a method to convert waste plastic bottl...
MIT researchers develop membrane that can fractionate crude oil without heating
RESEARCHERS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a membrane they believe...
Researchers inject vegetables with melatonin using microneedles to extend shelf life
RESEARCHERS from the US and Singapore have developed a method to extend the shelf life of vegetab...
Robot-built solar satellites poised to beam constant power from space
THE UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) has shown that remotely operated robots could build gigawatt-...
University of Surrey researchers develop ‘breathing’ batteries
SCIENTISTS at the University of Surrey have developed “breathing” batteries that use novel cataly...
BioNTech to invest £1bn in UK life sciences
VACCINE pioneer BioNTech has agreed to invest up to £1bn (US$1.3bn) in the UK where it will build...
Space mirrors and volcano drones: £56m awarded for geoengineering experiments
SCIENTISTS have been awarded more than £56m (US$74m) in funding by the UK’s moonshot innovation a...
Fake lily pads could be second Sun for lithium manufacturers
A TRIAL to boost critical minerals production has shown that fake plastic lily pads could be a se...
Liquid air could be cheapest method for long-term energy storage, researchers predict
MODELLING by chemical engineers in the US and Norway suggests that liquid air energy storage (LAE...
UK’s first wastewater-based system to detect infectious disease outbreaks opens in Bath
A NEW research centre in Bath, UK is aiming to develop the country’s first nationwide early-warni...
UKAEA awards £3.5m to develop the sensors engineers need to operate fusion plants
TECHNOLOGISTS developing sensors to withstand the extreme conditions inside a fusion reactor – pr...
‘Non-stick’ coating boosts CO2 electrolysis run-time, paving the way for scalable green fuel production
RESEARCHERS in the US have discovered that applying a “non-stick” coating to electrodes used in C...
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