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EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine
Added: 28 Jan 2024
EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and fo…
Slipping on ice may be down to too much alcohol (or salt)…
Added: 10 Dec 2023
It’s a challenge for pedestrians and road users but also a major problem for industry: why are some…
ABB and Imperial agree second decade of carbon capture collaboration
Added: 29 Oct 2023
Technology giant ABB and Imperial College London have renewed their longstanding carbon capture joi…
Scottish researchers seek to turn plastic waste into pharmaceuticals
Added: 30 Jul 2023
A new project led by Scottish researchers is aiming to revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry by…
Algorithmic advance opens door for predicting Net Zero-friendly material structures
Added: 9 Jul 2023
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have claimed a significant advance in the development of …
Liquid platinum catalyst offers sustainable solution for industry
Added: 27 Aug 2022
Australian scientists say they have found a way to employ platinum as a potentially scalable indust…
Leading chemical and utility firms join RSC polymer sustainability task force
Added: 3 Jul 2022
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced four leading industry recruits have joined its S…
Our lifestyles are key contributors to river pollution – social prescribing can help
Added: 25 May 2022
A new study demonstrates the significant environmental impact of harmful chemical and biological ag…
Digital twins to link Metaverse to real-world decarbonisation towards NetZero
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Digital Twins are forecast to form the essential building blocks of a Metaverse which connects the …
New £1.5m unit to tackle racial inequalities in science
Added: 24 Mar 2022
The Royal Society of Chemistry has established a Race & Ethnicity Unit to break down barriers to eq…
Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals
Added: 7 Mar 2022
Researchers engineered a strain of bacteria to break down carbon dioxide (CO2), converting it into …
Shedding light on how to increase UK crop yields
Added: 31 Jan 2022
Recent events has demonstrated the need to increase the UK's national food harvest and build relien…
Renewable energy's hybrid fuel blue hydrogen can help protect the climate
Added: 2 Dec 2021
Blue hydrogen - a renewable fuel hybrid technology - can play a positive role in the energy transit…
New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …
UK demonstrates its first 'green' high-powered rocket engine
Added: 22 Nov 2021
A UK nuclear fusion company based in Bletchley, has just developed and tested its first launch capa…
Chemistry breakthrough leads way to more sustainable pharmaceuticals
Added: 22 Nov 2021
Chemistry researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new method using blue light to cre…
Greening the lab: first net zero mass spectrometer launched
Added: 5 Oct 2021
As part of an initiative to permanently remove CO₂ emissions associated with the manufacture and su…
European Parliament votes in favour of EU plan to replace animal experiments with cutting-edge science
Added: 20 Sep 2021
The European Parliament has embraced an historic opportunity to take animal suffering out of the eq…
Visitor registration has now opened for CHEMUK 2021
Added: 5 Aug 2021
Visitor registration has now opened for CHEMUK 2021, the UK chemical industries national expo, bein…
Rapid sampling to support local communities in a time of great need
Added: 5 Jul 2021
When disaster strikes, even a team of environmental chemists simply doing what they do best but doi…
