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Energy-efficient biocrude extraction

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 5 Mar 2019

Chemical engineers have created a more rapid and energy-efficient method of converting algae to bio…

IoT sensors made with cellulose

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 4 Mar 2019

An eco-friendly sensor made from cellulose could replace the plastics and polymeric materials curre…

Sulphur polymers for eco-friendly plastics

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 14 Feb 2019

A new catalytic process for making polymers out of sulphur could provide more environmentally frien…

Nano-enhanced palladium reacts to light

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 7 Feb 2019

An optical-enhanced form of palladium could be the key to a more environmentally friendly chemical …

Greener ammonia eliminates hydrogen and metal catalyst

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 17 Jan 2019

A new process of creating ammonia from nitrogen and water eliminates the use of hydrogen or solid m…

Bioprocess turns pine needles into new products

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 3 Jan 2019

A new bioprocess could turn pine needles on abandoned Christmas trees into environmentally friendly…

Pure chemicals company raises finance

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 18 May 2018

A Liverpool based chemical intermediates company has raised £1.5m in equity finance to support the …

Renewable energy branches out

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 4 Dec 2017

A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –i…

Graphene’s usefulness in space to be tested

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 7 Aug 2017

Two experiments this autumn will test graphene’s viability for space applications.!--more--

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Graphene electrodes key to burgeoning electronic field

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 17 Jul 2017

An international team of researchers have found a new way to tune the functionality of next-generat…

Breakthrough in transistor production could revolutionise electronics

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 15 May 2017

Researchers in Dublin have created nanometre-thick film transistors entirely of two-dimensional nan…

Newly created sieve could make seawater drinkable

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 3 May 2017

Scientists from the University of Manchester have created a sieve that can filter common salts, pro…

Novel nanofibre boosts hopes for future energy methods

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 20 Mar 2017

The creation of a new nanofibre could help enable the production of next generation rechargeable ba…

Metal-organic frameworks structure scrutinised

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 2 Mar 2017

New high-sensitivity cameras have enabled researchers to better understand the atomic structure of …

Self-assembly brightens LED future

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 14 Feb 2017

Researchers at Princeton, have created a technique enabling the self-assembly of perovskite crystal…

Everywoman in Tech award goes to chemical engineer

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 10 Feb 2017

A Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath has won the Academic Award in the UK’…

Self-assembling materials discovered

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 6 Feb 2017

Researchers at the Academy of Finland have discovered gold nanoclusters that can self-assemble to f…

Breakthrough achieved in flexible electronics

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 18 Jan 2017

Scientists in Singapore have developed conducting polymer films that can give a superior performanc…

Chemists find novel method to control catalysis

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 19 Dec 2016

Scientists in Canada have discovered a novel technique that enables them to manipulate catalytic re…

Scientists calculate future benefits of electric vehicles

hdpqmpdbhq.d hdpqmpdbhq.d | Added: 22 Nov 2016

Electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells are more likely to be enviro…