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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.

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New AI tool to revolutionise analysis of microscopic images

Scientists have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that offers new opportunities for analysing images taken with microscopes.

Photonic microcomb could find new exoplanets and monitor people’s health

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a photonic microcomb that could be used to find new exoplanets.

Radiation in healthcare and beyond

The Innovation Platform explores the positive uses of radiation in healthcare and the negative effects caused by extreme exposure.

Vegetable protein waste from rapeseed farming replaces petroleum-based raw materials

German researchers are using vegetable proteins from agricultural waste to replace petroleum-based raw materials in industrial applications.

Physicists from ALICE discuss the strong interaction between hadrons

Physicists Oton Vazquez Doce and Laura Fabbietti from CERN’s ALICE collaboration spoke to Caitlin Magee about the strong interaction hadrons.

Harnessing the boundary between 2D and 3D materials

Method of imaging what occurs at the boundary between 2D and 3D materials reveals ways to control the properties of atomically thin materials.

Scaling-up extraction of extracellular matrices

Dr Deepak Choudhury, from the Biomanufacturing Technology Group at BTI A*STAR, explains how its newly-developed strategies can scale-up the extraction of extracellular matrices.

High-energy neutrinos and tidal disruption events

New research led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has identified a link between high-energy neutrinos and tidal disruption events.

Particle physics confronts its data legacy

Professor Michael Hildreth from the University of Notre Dame argues that while efforts are underway to ensure that the results of particle physics experiments (and the knowledge behind them) are preserved, the future will ultimately require a new way of working.

Towards a precise measurement of the CP violation phase

Dr Vincent Tisserand, Research Director at Clermont Ferrand Physics Laboratory (LPC PLUS), looks at the past, present, and future of efforts to make a precise measurement of the CP violation phase to challenge the Standard Model of Particle Physics.

4D material could help scientists bioengineer organs

New hydrogel-based 4D material changes shape in response to psychological stimuli and could be used to bioengineer organs. As published in the journal Advanced Functional...

Detecting time dilation with anti-neutrinos and atomic clocks

Australian physicists are currently using anti-neutrinos and atomic clocks to understand time dilation and the nature of time itself.

Tackling the big data challenge of particle physics experiments

A team of UK scientists are developing software to utilise big data sets collected from particle physics experiments, particularly those at the Large Hadron Collider.

Effects of radioactive microparticles found in animal experiments

Dr Masaharu Hoshi, Professor Emeritus at Hiroshima University’s Peace Center, discusses the results gained thus far from an experiment which has shown the specific effects of radioactive microparticles.

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