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The latest science news from areas such as physics, chemistry, biology and health, along with the ever expanding field of materials science and space exploration.

Large Hadron Collider now powering nearby homes through heat exchange system

Discover how a heat exchange system at CERN turns waste heat from the Large Hadron Collider into heating for homes and businesses in France.

Biosolutions: Engineering a sustainable future, a path to net zero, and economic resilience

Explore the topic of biosolutions and how they are helping to drive a more sustainable future in the UK and beyond.

Electron beam technology emerges as a new weapon against PFAS pollution

Electron beam technology offers a powerful new method to break down PFAS pollution in water and soil, providing an efficient alternative.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 global targets designed to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. Our latest science news includes updates from organisations looking to tackle Goal 4 and Goal 17.

Quality Education - UN SDG Goal 4 Partnerships for the Goals - UN SDG Goal 17

Launching LHC Run 3: Expanding the LHC physics programme

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Run 3 is set to launch after three years of upgrade and maintenance work. A new period of data collection...

Considering a career in particle accelerators? One woman’s success story

Dr Sandra Biedron, Research Professor at the University of New Mexico and former Argonne physicist, spoke to The Innovation Platform’s Georgie Whitworth to discuss...

The power of particle accelerators as research infrastructures

Dr Sandra Biedron, a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico and former Argonne physicist, spoke to The Innovation Platform’s Georgie Whitworth to...

The Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility: The high-intensity frontier

The Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility is set to be a source of unprecedented fluxes of neutrons and radioactive nuclides. High-intensity neutron beams and large...

Groundbreaking research reveals the speed of magnetising a material

An international team of scientists, including researchers from Lancaster University, have discovered the speed of magnetising a material.  The research team consisted of scientists from...

The DUNE experiment intends to unlock the mysteries of the neutrino

Stefan Söldner-Rembold, Co-spokesperson for Fermilab’s Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), explores the groundbreaking discoveries that the experiment is set to enable. The U.S. Department of...

Unlocking the next generation of graphene in electronics

Lilei Ye, Business Developer for electronics applications for the Graphene Flagship, explains the state of play for graphene in electronics, and the challenges that...

Exploiting silicon and silica-based technologies in North America

The Innovation Platform spoke to Bernard Tourillon, Chairman, President and CEO of HPQ Silicon, to find out more about the company’s plans to manufacture...

Creating compact and efficient electro-optic modulators for free space

Researchers have developed a compact and high-speed electro-optic modulator for free space applications that modulates light at gigahertz speed. Electro-optic modulators, which control aspects of...

Achieving sustainable photon upconversion

Scientists in Mainz and Berlin have successfully utilised chromium for efficient green-to-blue photon upconversion. Sustainable chemical applications need to be able to employ and incorporate...

Understanding biofilter bacteria in recirculating aquaculture systems

Marineholmen RASLab’s CEO Dr Mark Powell and Research Coordinator Dr Irene Roalkvam explain what genome sequencing can tell us about biofilter bacteria in recirculating...

The existence of one-pole magnets: Fact or fiction?

A collaborative team of researchers have investigated magnetic monopoles and utilised cosmic rays and particle accelerators to determine the existence of one-pole magnets. What is...

Developing bioreactor technology for hydrogen storage

A group of microbiologists from the Geothe University Frankfurt utilise acetogenic bacteria to develop bioreactor technology for hydrogen storage.  Efforts to combat climate change are...

A shift in focus: Future priorities for the biomaterials sector

Dr Paul Roach, President of the UK Society for Biomaterials, outlines the aims of the organisation and explains what the biomaterials sector learnt from...

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