UK's ambition to become leader in scientific development receives £473m funding boost
UK RESEARCHERS are set to benefit from the world’s most powerful electron microscope, a mass spec...
News - Research & Development
Cranfield awarded £69m for R&D hub to demonstrate hydrogen in aviation
THE UK’s Cranfield University will spearhead a £69m (US$87m) research and development hub to demo...
UK awards AI projects £1.73m to help decarbonise energy and transport
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) projects that could help optimise renewables and increase industrial...
Type One Energy to build stellarator prototype with plans to commercialise fusion energy
A STELLARATOR fusion pilot plant has been earmarked for construction at a former coal-fired power...
UKRI pumps in £100m to transform engineering biology projects
RESEARCHERS working to combat plastic pollution, improve metals circularity, and develop novel fo...
UK Space Agency announces £3.5m funding to make satellites more sustainable
THE UK Space Agency has announced millions in funding for work aimed at prolonging the life of sa...
JET’s swansong experiments break fusion record
THE final experiments at the UK’s JET fusion power plant have produced a world record for energy ...
NDA calls together group-wide researchers to discuss decommissioning innovations
THE UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will host a first-of-its-kind meeting in Sheffield lat...
Imperial College and Liverpool Uni to lead AI chemistry hub
A NEW UK research hub has received £12m (US$15m) in funding to investigate how AI can accelerate ...
Wellcome commits £20m to increase representation of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani researchers
WELLCOME is launching a £20m (US$25m) funding drive to help tackle the underrepresentation of Bla...
Edinburgh and Glasgow universities unite for climate research
UNIVERSITIES in Scotland have formed a new collaborative research partnership to address the clim...
AI put to work in push for rapid battery development
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is helping slash the time it takes to develop batteries, with Umicor...
UK’s Aston University receives £10m to establish holistic membrane research centre
ASTON UNIVERSITY, UK will use £10m (US$12.8m) awarded by funder Research England to establish the...
ExxonMobil to build CCS pilot plant using carbonate fuel cell technology
ESSO Nederland, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, plans to build a pilot carbon capture plant at its Ro...
Sumitomo Chemical CO2-to-methanol pilot plant now operational
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL has completed the construction of a pilot facility which uses CO2 generated fro...
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