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A novel light harvesting engine strings buckyballs and chromophores on DNA
Added: 26 Feb 2021
Researchers have synthesised a novel type of organic light-harvesting supramolecule by arranging fl…

UK gov to launch Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA)
Added: 23 Feb 2021
As part of its plans to cement the UK’s position as a global science superpower and build back bett…

ACHEMA live event postponed by nine months
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Further updates to our event horizon include a nine-month postponement of ACHEMA to April 2022, on …

Graphene researchers throw physics out the window
Added: 16 Nov 2020
A Manchester University graphene research team has just thrown the physics textbook out of the prov…

A step towards an environmentally friendly Lithium ion battery
Added: 13 Nov 2020
We all love the idea of an electric car and Elon Musk's Tesla is almost accessible to even a poorly…

Hybrid floating solar plus hydropower system
Added: 7 Oct 2020
Hybrid systems of floating solar panels and hydropower plants may hold the technical potential to p…

Science and scientists held in high esteem across the globe
Added: 1 Oct 2020
As the world looks to scientists and the research and development process to bring new treatments a…

Error forecasting for safer fusion energy
Added: 24 Sep 2020
Bringing the power of the sun to Earth requires sound theory, good engineering, and a little finess…

Plant-based supercapacitor delivers 900 x energy efficiency
Added: 11 Sep 2020
In a new study, researchers at Texas A&M University have described their novel plant-based energy s…

Environmentally friendly silicon recycling
Added: 10 Sep 2020
Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have develope…

Plugging the power leak for fusion reactions
Added: 6 Aug 2020
Scientists have found a novel way to prevent pesky magnetic bubbles in plasma from interfering with…

Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry
Added: 13 Jul 2020
Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the c…

Viable sodium-ion battery for sustainable energy storage
Added: 3 Jun 2020
Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have…

Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria
Added: 27 May 2020
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid ma…

Will our climate bounce back as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown?
Added: 20 May 2020
Stanford research study envisions energy and environment landscape after COVID-19, pinpointing redu…

Space-based reflectors to boost solar power
Added: 2 Apr 2020
A project exploring the use of space-based reflectors to shine sunlight towards Earth-bound solar f…

Nanoarray breakthrough aids electric vehicles
Added: 4 Mar 2020
A team from the University of Bristol have developed a new type of nanoelectromechanical relay to e…

Graphene device bridges the terahertz gap
Added: 5 Feb 2020
Researchers have used graphene to create a device which will unlock the elusive terahertz wavelengt…

Combinatorial look at black holes a decade away
Added: 14 Jan 2020
A new study by a group of researchers at the University of Birmingham has found that collisions of …

11,000 scientists declare climate emergency
Added: 6 Nov 2019
More than 11,000 scientist signatories support new a paper warning of “untold human suffering” that…